| Kediri | ||
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| City | ||
| Other transcription(s) | ||
| • Javanese | ꦏꦸꦛꦑꦼꦝꦶꦫꦶ | |
   Clockwise, from top left : View of Mount Wilis and the Brantas River at Kediri, Surowono Temple, Alun-alun Kediri | ||
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| Motto(s): Joyo ing Boyo (Javanese: Triumphant Against Catastrophe) | ||
 Location within East Java | ||
| Coordinates: 7°48′59.8″S112°0′42.9″E / 7.816611°S 112.011917°E Coordinates: 7°48′59.8″S112°0′42.9″E / 7.816611°S 112.011917°E | ||
| Country | Indonesia | |
| Province | East Java | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Abdullah Abu Bakar | |
| • Vice Mayor | Lilik Muhibbah | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 63.4 km2 (24.5 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) | |
| Population (2003) | ||
| • Total | 252,000 | |
| • Density | 3,975/km2 (10,300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (IWST) | |
| Area code | (+62) 354 | |
| Vehicle registration | AG | |
| Website | kedirikota.go.id | |
Kediri (Javanese : ꦏꦸꦛꦑꦼꦝꦶꦫꦶ) is an Indonesian city, located near the Brantas River in the province of East Java on the island of Java. It is one of two 'Daerah Tingkat II' that have the name 'Kediri' (The other is the Regency of Kediri).
Javanese is the language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 98 million people.
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres, the 14th largest by land area and the 7th largest in combined sea and land area. With over 261 million people, it is the world's 4th most populous country as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.
The Provinces of Indonesia are the 34 largest subdivisions of the country and the highest tier of the local government. Provinces are further divided into regencies and cities, which are in turn subdivided into subdistricts (kecamatan).
Contents
- History
- Administrative divisions
- Society and culture
- Sport
- Education
- Tourism
- List of mayors
- Dutch East-Indies period
- Indonesian period
- Notable people from Kediri
- See also
- References
- External links
Archaeological artefacts discovered in 2007 appeared to indicate that the region around Kediri may have been the location of the Kediri Kingdom, a Hindu kingdom in the 11th century. [1]
Kediri or Kadiri was a Hindu Javanese Kingdom based in East Java from 1042 to around 1222. Despite the lack of archaeological remains, the age of Kediri saw much development in classical literature. Mpu Sedah's Kakawin Bharatayuddha, Mpu Panuluh's Gatotkacasraya, and Mpu Dharmaja's Smaradhana blossomed in this era. The kingdom's capital is believed to have been established in the western part of the Brantas River valley, somewhere near modern Kediri city and surrounding Kediri Regency.
Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as Sanātana Dharma, "the eternal tradition", or the "eternal way", beyond human history. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no founder. This "Hindu synthesis" started to develop between 500 BCE and 300 CE, after the end of the Vedic period, and flourished in the medieval period, with the decline of Buddhism in India.
The city is a major trade centre for the Indonesian sugar and cigarette industry. [2]
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. The various types of sugar are derived from different sources. Simple sugars are called monosaccharides and include glucose, fructose, and galactose. "Table sugar" or "granulated sugar" refers to sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose. In the body, sucrose is hydrolysed into fructose and glucose.
A cigarette, also known colloquially as a fag in British English, is a narrow cylinder containing psychoactive material, usually tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. Most cigarettes contain a "reconstituted tobacco" product known as "sheet", which consists of "recycled [tobacco] stems, stalks, scraps, collected dust, and floor sweepings", to which are added glue, chemicals and fillers; the product is then sprayed with nicotine that was extracted from the tobacco scraps, and shaped into curls. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder and allowing smoke to be inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth. Most modern cigarettes are filtered, although this does not make them safer. Cigarette manufacturers have described cigarettes as a drug administration system for the delivery of nicotine in acceptable and attractive form. Cigarettes are addictive and cause cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, and other health problems.
