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Ngawi Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of East Java, Indonesia. Ngawi is well known around the world for its Pithecantropus erectus that was found by Eugene Dubois, a Dutchman. Ngawi is located in East Java Province, but adjoins Central Java province. Ngawi is also the main gate to enter East Java province since there are intersections that connect Surabaya–Madiun–Bojonegoro–Solo–Jogja–Bandung–Jakarta. The Regency covers an area of 1,295.98 km², and had a population of 817,765 at the 2010 census[3] and 870,057 at the 2020 census.[4]

Ngawi Regency Kabupaten Ngawi
Regency
The town of Ngawi at night
Coat of arms
Motto:  Ramah
Location within East Java
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Coordinates: 7°24′11″S 111°26′40.7″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	East Java
Capital	Ngawi
Government
• Regent	Budi Sulistyono[1]
• Vice Regent	Ony Anwar
Area
• Total	1,295.98 km2 (500.38 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Total	870,057
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 351
Website	ngawikab.go.id

Ngawi town, the administrative capital of the Regency, has the largest central park ("alun-alun") in Indonesia. This large area includes a West Park and an East Park, separated by Merdeka Street. The West Park consists of a football court, a volleyball court, and a ceremonial podium near the main mosque.

The East Park consists of a playground area, two tennis courts, a basketball hall, a parking area, a futsal court, a skating place, and a culinary area said to be "the most favorite place visited by Ngawinese". The municipal hall (called Alun-Alun Merdeka) is located in the central part of Ngawi town.

Van Den Bosch Fortress is a central historic site of the Ngawi Regency. It is located at the confluence of the two biggest rivers in East Java: the Solo and the Madiun.

Climate

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Ngawi has a monsoon tropical climate (Köppen climate classification Am), dry at mid-year, with heavy rain the rest of the year.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative districts

Ngawi Regency is divided into nineteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their population totals from the 2010 census[5] and the 2020 census.[6] The table also includes the location of the district headquarters and the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district.

Name	Area in km2	Pop'n census 2010[7]	Pop'n census 2020[8]	Admin centre	Number of villages
Sine	80.22	41,096	44,681	Sine	15
Ngrambe	57.49	38,750	42,267	Ngrambe	14
Jogorogo	65.84	38,782	42,307	Jogorogo	12
Kendal	84.56	44,242	50,055	Kendal	10
Geneng	52.52	48,975	51,405	Geneng	13
Gerih	34.52	32,118	36,114	Gerih	5
Kwadungan	30.30	25,392	26,590	Kwadungan	14
Pangkur	29.41	26,455	27,489	Pangkur	9
Karangjati	66.67	46,927	47,427	Karangkati	17
Bringin	62.62	30,554	30,917	Bringin	10
Padas	50.22	32,231	34,136	Padas	12
Kasreman	31.49	23,407	24,469	Kasreman	8
Ngawi (district)	70.56	79,951	83,445	Ngawi	16
Paron	101.14	86,014	91,739	Paron	14
Kedunggalar	129.65	66,336	71,160	Kedunggalar	12
Pitu	56.01	27,072	29,469	Pitu	10
Widodaren	92.26	66,102	70,624	Widodaren	12
Mantingan	62.21	37,885	38,142	Mantingan	7
Karanganyar	138.29	25,476	27,621	Karanganyar	71
Totals	1,295.98	817,765	870,057	Ngawi	217

Trinil Site

Trinil Museum

Trinil Museum is about 15 kilometres from Ngawi town and near to the Bengawan Solo River. The museum contains a collection of about 1,500 fossils, some of which are a million years old. As of 2013 up to 500 fossils had yet to be identified. In the late 19th century Eugene Dubois found Pithecantropus eretus in the Trinil area.

Oldest human-made mark in the world

Researchers found in Trinil site that scratch at Pseudodon vondembuschianus trinilensis plain water clam shell aged 500,000 years is the oldest scratch in the world. Although the scratch is perhaps not art, its zig-zag shape is evidence that the scratch is human made. The clam shell has been found in 1896, but the zig-zag scratch was found in 2014.[9]

References

External links

• (in Indonesian) Official site

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