Semarang metropolitan area

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Semarang metropolitan area
Kedungsepur
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From top, left to right: Semarang skyline, Mount Merbabu viewed from Salatiga Toll Gate, Sewu waterfall in Kendal Regency, view of Mount Ungaran, Lake Rawapening and the towns of Bandungan and Ambarawa in Semarang Regency, Jenderal Ahmad Yani International Airport in Semarang, Demak Great Mosque.
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Province Central Java
Core city Semarang
Satellite cities and regencies
Area
  Metro
4,591.16 km2 (1,772.66 sq mi)
Population
   Metropolitan area 6,197,102
Time zone UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Vehicle registration H
GDP (nominal)2022 [1]
 - TotalIncrease2.svg Rp 411.44 trillion
Increase2.svg US$ 27.71 billion
Increase2.svg US$ 84.79 billion (PPP)
 - Per capitaIncrease2.svg Rp 61.87 million
Increase2.svg US$  4,167
Increase2.svg US$ 12,749 (PPP)

The Semarang metropolitan area, known locally as Kedungsepur (an acronym of Kendal-Demak-Ungaran-Salatiga-Semarang-Purwodadi), is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of Semarang in Central Java, Indonesia. [2] [3] It additionally includes the city of Salatiga, as well as Demak Regency, Grobogan Regency (part only), Kendal Regency, and Semarang Regency. It is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Indonesia with an estimated population of about 6.2 million as at mid 2023. [4]

Contents

Delineation

Delineation of Semarang metropolitan area [5]
Administrative
division
Area
in km2
Pop'n
Census
2010 [6]
Pop'n
Census
2020 [7]
Pop'n
mid 2023
estimate [8]
Number of
districts
Number of
villages
City of Semarang 373.781,555,9841,653,5241,694,74016177
City of Salatiga 54.98170,332192,322201,369423
Demak Regency 995.321,055,5791,203,9561,240,51014249
Grobogan Regency
(part) (a)
1,145.58802,160888,581927,00512191
Kendal Regency 1,002.23900,3131,018,5051,052,83020286
Semarang Regency 1,019.27930,7271,053,0941,080,64819235
Total Kedungsepur4,591.165,415,0956,009,9826,197,102851,161

Note: (a) Only the western part of Grobogan Regency is included in the metropolitan area; the eastern part (7 districts covering 89 villages) is outside the area. The area and population figures have been amended to exclude the areas outside the metropoliutan area.

Transportation

Semarang is served by Trans Semarang bus rapid transit, comprising at least eight main corridors. Another bus rapid transit, the provincial-owned Trans Jateng has two corridors southward and westward in the Semarang metropolitan area, linking Semarang Tawang Station (Semarang) to Bawen Bus Terminal (Semarang Regency) and Mangkang Bus Terminal (Semarang) to Bahurekso Bus Terminal (Kendal Regency).

The eastern part of the Semarang metropolitan area is served by Kedungsepur commuter rail.

Notes

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