Pare (or Mojokuto) is a town and district in the Kediri regency (kabupaten) within the province of East Java, Indonesia. The district covers an area of 52.27 km2 and had a population of 98,594 at the 2010 census [1] and 106,007 at the 2020 census; [2] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 110,513. [3]
The village of Tulungrejo in western Pare is popularly known for the local Pare English Village (Indonesian : Kampung Inggris Pare), which emerged after the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz (as part of the Modjokuto project) [4] conducted research there into religion in Java in relation to Indonesian politics after the legislative election and the election for the Constitutional Assembly of 1955. [5] [6]
