Rembang Regency

Rembang Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Rembang) is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) on the extreme northeast coast of Central Java Province, on the island of Java (bordering on the Java Sea) in Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,035.70 km2 on Java. Its capital city is Rembang.

Locator map of Rembang Regency in Central Java Province on Java.

Geography
Java Sea coast in Rembang Regency.
Shoreline with mangrove forest.

It is a lowland, with a maximum elevation of about 70 metres (230 ft) above sea level.

The Solo River flows through its inland section.

The regency is crossed by the North Coast Road, an inter-province main road on the island.

Borders

Rembang Regency is bordered by:[1]

Population
Dutch East Indies colonial church in Lasem (Rembang).

At the 2010 Census it had a population of 591,359 people[2] and of 618,780 at the 2015 Census. The more recent official estimate (for mid 2016) gave a population of 624,081.[3]

Administrative districts

The regency is divided into fourteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census,[4] together with the latest official estimates (for mid 2016).[5] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban keluraham) in each district and its post code.

NameArea
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2016		No.
of
vill.		Post
code
Sumber78.2033,58634,8601859253
Bulu101.1025,64926,6071659255
Gunem84.7422,74323,8821659263
Sale109.0235,75637,5841559265
Sarang93.8360,06364,1222359274
Sedan86.3551,14353,9482159264
Pamotan80.6043,95945,6932359261
Sulang84.8136,76438,6832159254
Kaliori61.1738,61540,6722359252
Rembang
(district)		61.5583,94289,8543459211
-59219
Pancur43.0127,34528,9902359262
Kragan67.1858,23262,1112759273
Sluke38.0226,62027,8841459272
Lasem46.1246,94249,1912059271
Totals1,035.70591,359624,081294

Climate

Rembang has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy rainfall from November to April.

Climate data for Rembang
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.1
(88.0)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.3
(88.3)		 32.0
(89.6)		 32.0
(89.6)		 32.0
(89.6)		 32.3
(90.1)		 33.1
(91.6)		 34.2
(93.6)		 34.4
(93.9)		 33.7
(92.7)		 32.2
(90.0)		 32.4
(90.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.9
(80.4)		 26.9
(80.4)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.3
(81.1)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.6
(79.9)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.9
(82.2)		 28.4
(83.1)		 28.3
(82.9)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.3
(81.2)
Average low °C (°F) 22.7
(72.9)		 22.8
(73.0)		 22.8
(73.0)		 22.8
(73.0)		 22.6
(72.7)		 21.8
(71.2)		 20.9
(69.6)		 20.9
(69.6)		 21.6
(70.9)		 22.5
(72.5)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.3
(72.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 263
(10.4)		 206
(8.1)		 197
(7.8)		 129
(5.1)		 105
(4.1)		 72
(2.8)		 35
(1.4)		 23
(0.9)		 36
(1.4)		 69
(2.7)		 138
(5.4)		 219
(8.6)		 1,492
(58.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

Lasem

During the colonial Dutch East Indies period, the area was known as Lasem.

The Han family of Lasem was a prominent Chinese immigrant family of colonial government bureaucrats and landlords in the area.[7]

Ceremonial double ikat man's head cloth from 1880s Lasem.

References
  1. "JavaTourism.com – Java, Indonesia Travel and Tourism Information". Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  4. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  6. "Climate: Rembang". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. Lombard-Salmon, Claudine (1991). "The Han Family of East Java. Entrepreneurship and Politics (18th-19th Centuries)". Archipel. 41 (1): 53–87. doi:10.3406/arch.1991.2711. Retrieved 16 January 2017.


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