Kartasura
Also known as Kecamatan Kartasura, Kartasura District
Kartasura (, also spelled Kartosuro) is a district (kecamatan) in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Kartasura is considered Surakarta's satellite city and a junction of highways to Yogyakarta and Semarang. It can be reached within minutes southward of Surakarta's Adisumarmo International Airport.
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- District (Kecamatan)
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- Indonesia
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- Java
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- Central Java
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- Sukoharjo
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Kartasura (, also spelled Kartosuro) is a district (kecamatan) in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Kartasura is considered Surakarta's satellite city and a junction of highways to Yogyakarta and Semarang. It can be reached within minutes southward of Surakarta's Adisumarmo International Airport.
== History == thumb|left|200px|Remaining wall from the Kartasura palace In the seventeenth century Kartasura was the capital of the Sultanate of Mataram between 1680 and 1755. This time period is commonly referred to as the Kartasura era or period of the Mataram sultanate—it preceded the transfer to Surakarta by Pakubuwana II.
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