Jepara
Sign in to saveJepara is a town in the province of Central Java, Indonesia. Jepara is on the north coast of Java, northeast of Semarang, not far from Mount Muria, with a population of 85,970 in mid 2024. It is also the main town of Jepara Regency. The metropolitan area of the town ("Greater Jepara") had 227,062 inhabitants at the 1990 Census. Jepara is known for the Javanese teak wood carving art as well as the birthplace of Kartini, a pioneer in the area of women's rights for Indonesians.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jepara
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- District and regency seat
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- The World Carving Centre
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- Jepara monument.jpg
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- Jepara Monument near the city square
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- Location of Jepara City in Indonesia
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- Indonesia Java#Indonesia
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- Country
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- Indonesia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
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- Central Java
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- Regency
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- Jepara Regency
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 27.05
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- mid 2024
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- 85970
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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- auto
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9 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- History
- Contemporary Jepara
- Climate
- Kingdoms
- Sport
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
Jepara is a town in the province of Central Java, Indonesia. Jepara is on the north coast of Java, northeast of Semarang, not far from Mount Muria, with a population of 85,970 in mid 2024. It is also the main town of Jepara Regency. The metropolitan area of the town ("Greater Jepara") had 227,062 inhabitants at the 1990 Census. Jepara is known for the Javanese teak wood carving art as well as the birthplace of Kartini, a pioneer in the area of women's rights for Indonesians.
==Demographics== The population of Jepara Regency was 1,283,687 people as at mid 2024 (50.3% males and 49.7% females). On the productivity criteria, those of working group age (between 15 and 64 years of age) dominate Jepara Regency's population at 68.82%, meanwhile 22.935% were the children (under 15) and 8.246% were retired-people (65 and over).