Semarang metropolitan area

Semarang metropolitan area
Kedungsepur
From top, left to right: Semarang skyline, Mount Merbabu viewed from Salatiga Toll Gate, Sewu waterfall in Kendal Regency, view of Mount Ungaran, Lake Rawapening and the towns of Bandungan and Ambarawa in Semarang Regency, Jenderal Ahmad Yani International Airport in Semarang, Demak Great Mosque.
Country Indonesia
ProvinceCentral Java
Core citySemarang
Satellite citySalatiga
RegenciesDemak Regency
Kendal Regency
Semarang Regency
Grobogan Regency (part)
Area
 • Metro
4,591.16 km2 (1,772.66 sq mi)
Population
6,197,102
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Vehicle registrationH
GDP (nominal)2023[1]
 - TotalIncreaseRp 449.096 trillion
IncreaseUS$ 29.464 billion
IncreaseUS$ 94.362 billion (PPP)
 - Per capitaIncreaseRp 63.526 million
IncreaseUS$ 4,168
IncreaseUS$ 13,348 (PPP)

The Semarang metropolitan area, known locally as Kedungsepur (an acronym of Kendal–Demak–Ungaran–Salatiga–Semarang–Purwodadi), is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of Semarang in Central Java, Indonesia.[2][3] It additionally includes the city of Salatiga, as well as Demak Regency, Grobogan Regency (part only), Kendal Regency, and Semarang Regency. It is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Indonesia with an estimated population of about 6.2 million as at mid 2023.[4]

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik Jawa Tengah (2023). "Provinsi Jawa Tengah Dalam Angka 2023". jateng.bps.go.id. Semarang: Badan Pusat Statistik. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ^ "SIFATARU - Kedung Sepur". sifataru.atrbpn.go.id. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. ^ "PU-net". perkotaan.bpiw.pu.go.id.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.