DI Yogyakarta
| Special Region of Yogyakarta | |||||||||
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| Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta ꦣꦲꦺꦫꦃꦲꦶꦯ꧀ꦡꦶꦩꦺꦮꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ |
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Clockwise, from top left : Fishermen line up at Baron Beach in the Gunung Kidul regency, Malioboro street, Parangtritis Beach, Kraton of Yogyakarta, Fort Vredeburg, Mount Merapi from Kaliurang, Prambanan Temple
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| Nickname(s): Jogja | |||||||||
| Motto: Memayu Hayuning Bawana (Javanese) (The Vision to Perfect Society) written in Javanese Script |
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 Location of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia |
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| Coordinates: 7°47′S 110°22′E / 7.783°S 110.367°ECoordinates: 7°47′S 110°22′E / 7.783°S 110.367°E | |||||||||
| Country |
 Indonesia
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| Established | March 4, 1950 | ||||||||
| Capital |
 Yogyakarta
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| Government | |||||||||
| • Governor (Sultan) | Hamengkubuwono X | ||||||||
| • Vice Governor (Paku Alam) | Paku Alam X | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Total | 3,133.15 km2 (1,209.72 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Area rank | 33rd | ||||||||
| Highest elevation | 2,930 m (9,610 ft) | ||||||||
| Population (2014)Provincial Estimate | |||||||||
| • Total | 3,594,290 | ||||||||
| • Rank | 18th | ||||||||
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Demographics | |||||||||
| • Ethnic groups |
Javanese (95.82%) Sundanese (0.56%) Others (4.45%) |
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| • Religion |
Islam (91.4%) Christianity (8.3%) Hinduism and Buddhism (0.3%) |
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| • Languages |
Mataram Javanese Indonesian (both official) |
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| Time zone | WIB (UTC+7) | ||||||||
| Vehicle registration | AB, YB (for Rickshaws), YK (for Dokars) | ||||||||
| HDI |
 0.768 (Very High) |
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| HDI rank | 2nd (2014) | ||||||||
| Website | www.jogjaprov.go.id | ||||||||
The Special Region of Yogyakarta (/ˌjɒɡjəˈkɑːrtə/ or /ˌjoʊɡjəˈkɑːrtə/;Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY) is a region of Indonesia in the middle of Java. Its administrative capital is city of Yogyakarta.
Although it is a separate administrative entity, Yogyakarta is historically and culturally part of the Central Java. It is the only region in Indonesia that is still governed by a pre-colonial monarchy, the Sultan of Yogyakarta, who serves as the hereditary governor of the region. The recent Sultan is Sultan Hamengkubuwono X.
In Javanese it is pronounced [joɡjaˈkartɔ], and named after the city of Ayodhya in Javanese-Hindu mythology.
The Dutch name of the Special Region is Djokjakarta.
The Sultanate has existed in various forms through prehistory, and survived through the rule of the Dutch and the 1942 invasion of the Dutch East Indies by the Japanese Empire. In August 1945 Indonesia's first president, Sukarno proclaimed the independence of the Indonesian Republic, and by September of that year, Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX and duke Sri Paku Alam VIII had sent letters to Sukarno expressing their support for the newly-born nation of Indonesia, in which they acknowledged the Yogyakarta Sultanate as part of the Indonesian Republic. The Sunanate of Surakarta did the same, and both of the Javanese kingdoms were awarded special status as special regions within Indonesian Republic. However, due to a leftist anti-royalist uprising in Surakarta, the Sunanate of Surakarta lost its special administrative status in 1946 and was absorbed into the province of Central Java.
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