Country Indonesia Time zone WIB (UTC+7) Province East Java | Elevation 838 m (2,749 ft) Website www.batukota.go.id Local time Saturday 1:51 AM | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind W at 2 km/h, 96% Humidity Points of interest Batu Secret Zoo, Batu Night Spectacular, Jawa Timur Park 1, Eco Green Park, Jawa Timur Park 2 | ||
Batu (Indonesian: Kota Batu, stone city) or officially Kota Batu is a city located in East Java Province of Indonesia. It is situated about 20 km to the northwest of Malang. Formerly, it was a part of Malang Regency; but in 2001, Batu became an independent city legalized by Act No. 11 of 2001, when it became an independent municipal city with its own mayor and council.
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Map of Batu, Batu Sub-District, Batu City, East Java, Indonesia
A population of 190,000 people, it lies on the southern slopes of Gunung Welirang. Its population largely consists of Javanese. The town used to be a recreation place for the Dutch colonial officers in the Dutch colonial area (before 1945). Batu means rock in Indonesian.
Geography
The city of Batu lies on a slope of several mountains. The most prominent of the mountains are Mount Anjasmoro (2,277 m), Mount Arjuno (3,339 m), Mount Welirang (3,156 m), Mount Banyak (1,306 m), Mount Kawi (2,551 m), Mount Panderman (2,045 m), Mount Semeru (3.676 m), and Mount Wukir (335 m).
Batu is a fertile mountainous area surrounded by agricultural land. In the 19th-century, the Dutch East Indies government developed Batu as a mountain resort. Various villa and resort facilities were built in Batu during the period.
Administration
The city is divided into three districts (kecamatan): Batu, Bumiaji, and Junrejo. The districts are further subdivided into 24 villages (kelurahan).
The name of the villages are:
- Ngaglik
- Oro - Oro Ombo RO
- Pesanggrahan
- Sidomulyo
- Sisir
- Songgokerto
- Sumberejo
- Temas
- Bulukerto
- Bumiaji
- Giripurno
- Gunungsari
- Pandanrejo
- Punten
- Sumberbrantas
- Sumbergondo
- Tulungrejo
- Beji
- Dadaprejo
- Junrejo
- Mojorejo
- Pendem
- Tlekung
- Torongrejo
Tourism
Batu is well known by its tourism area. Some of them are:
There is a historic colonial-style hotel in here, The Kartika Wijaya, which was founded in 1891 by the Sarkies Brothers, prominent Armenian immigrants best known for founding a chain of luxury hotels throughout Southeast Asia, especially Dutch East Indies. It was originally built as a vacation villa for the Sarkies family, and was only later turned into a hotel.