సేమరాంగ్ City

Profile of City of Semarang
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Semarang city has the total area of 373,67 square kilometres, which is devide into 16 districts. It is adjacent to java sea in the north, Semarang regency in the south, Kendal regency in the west and Demak regency in the east. Monumen be comes a symbol and characteristic of the capital of Sentral Java. This city has two areas which are the contrary one to another. The south part is 270 metres above the sea level and hasresh cool air. It is known asold temple and the enlargemenet new temple, a living area with the view to the java sea. The notrh part is beach aluvial land which is known as below city. It is the centre of goverment and trading activities like johar area and Simpang lima. The climate in this low land is hot.
Semarang city is a gate of central java. There is Ahmad Yani air port and Tanjung emas sea port., which is the fourth biggest in loading and unloading containers activity after tanjung priuk in Jakarta, Tanjung perak in Surabaya and Belawan in Medan. In autonoy framework, Tanjung emas area is the aset which can give additional income from the taxe of underground water source and enter exit port retribution.
Semarang city often floods. The rice of the sea water to the main land, called rob , is still a complicated problem which can not be handled yet. So it disturbs the conviniece and the economics activity of the people. The economics activity is dominated by trading, hotel and restaurant sectors. This city has acient buildings which have historical value and high architecture, especially in cultural reservation area, old city. There are Blenduk church which is the land mark of nthe old city, Sam Poo Konh pagoda in stone building area west Semarang, thousand Doors building which has old eouropan architecture etc. Semarang city is also famous for its food, lumpia and milk fish.


Source:
Jawa Tengah Dalam Angka 2007
(01-10-2007)
BPS Provinsi Jawa Tengah
Jl. Pahlawan 6, Semarang 50241
Telp (024) 8311242, 8412802
Fax (024) 8311195