Purwokerto is a large non-autonomous town in Central Java, Indonesia, capital of Banyumas Regency and coordinating center for southwestern Central Java, near Mount Slamet, with a mid-2025 population of 237,940. It became the regency's administrative center after an 1861 flood damaged the original capital at Banyumas, about 18 kilometers away, and now serves as a regional hub for medical, educational and transportation services.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Longitude109.242222 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Purwokerto - Wikipedia
Lead section
The population of the four districts which comprise the town at the 2010 census was 233,951 and 229,271 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 237,940.
Infobox, area_total_km2
38.58
Infobox, elevation_m
183.87
Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (latitude component)
-7.42555556,109.24222222
Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (longitude component)
-7.42555556,109.24222222
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. Purwokerto (Wikidata)
3. GeoNames: Purwokerto - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1630328
-7.42139 109.23444 P PPLA2 ID 07 3302 230235 81 Asia/Jakarta
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 81 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -7.25, 109.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -7.25, 109.25
-7.25 109.25 Af
Wikidata: Purwokerto
Wikidata Q650908, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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