Geographical Condition of Jogja

Jogja lies at the fertile crescent of rice lands in the middle of Java Island. It is bordered to the north by the still active volcano, Mount Merapi, and to the south by the Indian Ocean. In the south part of the land, stands Sewu (thousand) mountain range. This mountain range extends along Java Island and becomes important sites of the findings of Java pre-historic life.

Lying in the middle of the island, Jogja becomes equidistant from Indonesia’s two major gateways – Jakarta and Bali. Covering 3.186 square kilometers, Jogja is not very large in size. The population (according to the cencus done in the year 2000) is more than 3.1 million, while the population of the Jogja city is 397.398, and the density is almost 15.197 people per square kilometers.

On the entire region, almost 50% of the land is used for agricultural purposes, leaving approximately 25% for residential area, and the remaining 17% for forest.

Jogja has a warm tropical climate with wet and dry season. Wet seasons lasts from October to March and the heaviest rains occur in December and January. The temperature throughout the year averages from 220 to 290C (780 to 850F) and the humidity averages of about 75%. Fortunately, because of its geographic location in the south part of Java, Jogja receives the South East breeze that makes it cooler in the dry season.