Temanggung Regency

Temanggung Regency Kabupaten Temanggung
Regency (Kabupaten)
Rice fields in Pringsurat, Temanggung Regency.
Temanggung Regency in Central Java
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Java
Named for	Temanggung village
Seat	Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Vehicle registration	AA
Website	http://www.temanggungkab.go.id/

Temanggung Regency (Kabupaten Temanggung) is a regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. Its capital is Temanggung.

All travelers going to the Dieng temple complex from Yogya or Semarang have to pass this regency. Temanggung Regency is famous for longan, a small sweet fruit that is harvested in January and February.

Temanggung Regency is located on the volcanic Dieng Plateau with an average elevation between 500 and 1450 meters and it is landlocked. The volcanoes Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing arise on its border with the Wonosobo Regency. Its major drainage system is the Progo River and its tributaries.

It is bordered by:

Temanggung Regency is divided into the following twenty subdistricts (kecamatan).

The major towns of Temanggung Regency, aside from the capital of Temanggung, include Candiroto, Jumo, Kaloran, Kandangan, Kranggan, Muntung, Ngadirejo, Parakan, and Tretep.

After World War II, Temanggung Regency was one of the areas in central Java where the Communist Party (PKI) had its rural strongholds. In the 21st century Temanggung Regency provided a hideout for members of the Islamist Jemaah Islamiyah.

The majority of the population of the Temanggung Regency is Muslim. It was once predominately Hindu for thousands of years. The oldest stone structure in Indonesia is found here; 4 temple of Shiva; one of the trinity of Hinduism. Though there were 400; only 4 remain.

The big cash crop in the Temanggung Regency is tobacco. Other cash crops include patchouli oil, honey and soy oil. The traditional herbal medicine, jamu, is the basis of a local industry as well as is the production of cigars. Silkworms are raised in the area around the town of Candiroto.