Gombong

Gombong is a town in Kebumen Regency, in the southern part of Central Java, a province in Indonesia. The town has 50,300 inhabitants at the 2020 Census.[2] The total land area is 19.48 km2 (7.52 sq mi). Local people speak Banyumasan, a dialect of Javanese.

This article is about the Indonesian town. For the South Korean mountain, see Gombong (mountain).
Gombong
Town
Entrance of Fort van der Wijck
Entrance of Fort van der Wijck
Gombong is located in Kebumen Regency
Gombong
Gombong
Location in Kebumen Regency, Java and Indonesia
Gombong is located in Java
Gombong
Gombong
Gombong (Java)
Gombong is located in Indonesia
Gombong
Gombong
Gombong (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 7°36′S 109°31′E
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Java
RegencyKebumen Regency
Area
 • Total19.48 km2 (7.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)[1]
 • Total50,200
 • Density2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 287
Villages14
Websitekec-gombong.kebumenkab.go.id

In 1964, construction of the Catholic Church of St. Michael Parish was completed. In 1996,the Wonokriyo market was built, becoming the biggest one in the region. A few dinosaur statues are located around the town: at the entrance of Fort Van der Wijck, at Tirta Manggala Swimming Pools and at Sempor Reservoir.[3] Not far from the town, the prayer house Geraja Ayam, also known as the chicken church, is built.

Fort Van der Wijck, which was built in the early 19th century by General Johannes Van den Bosch, is located in the northern part of the town.[4] The military compound served to train soldiers for later service in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. Suharto, the second President of Indonesia, began his service here on 1 June 1940 prior to the Japanese occupation).[5] The fort was used by the Indonesian Armed Forces until 2000. Since then the compound has been developed as a recreational site.

Administrative villages

Gombong consists of 14 villages (kelurahan or desa):

  1. Banjarsari
  2. Gombong
  3. Kalitengah
  4. Kedungpuji
  5. Kemukus
  6. Klopogodo
  7. Panjangsari
  8. Patemon
  9. Semanding
  10. Semondo
  11. Sidayu
  12. Wero
  13. Wonokriyo
  14. Wonosigro

Notable people
  • Maus Gatsonides (1911), Dutch rally driver and inventor of the speed camera.
  • Jan Hamer (1927), Dutch survivor during hurricane Katrina featured in the 2007 book Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina by Thomas Neff.
  • Willem Nijholt (1934), Dutch screen actor and stage artist

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. "See the dinosaurs in district Gombong". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  4. "History of Fort Van der Wijck". Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  5. Elson, Robert E. (2001). Suharto: A Political Biography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-521-77326-1.
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