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PekalonganRegency

Coordinates:65257S1094012E

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Pekalonganisaregency(Indonesian:kabupaten)onthenorthcoastofCentralJavaprovinceinIndonesia.
ItsadministrativecentrewasformerlyatPekalongancity,butsincethatcitywasadministrativelyseparated,
theregency'scapitalisnowKajen.Pekalonganresidentsarewellknownfortheirpursuitofperfection
regardingtheIndonesiantraditionalclothingcalledBatik.
TheDutchnameoftheregencyis'Pacalongan'.

Contents
1History
2Geography
3Tourism
4TraditionalFood
4.1SegoMegono(MegonoRice)
4.2SotoTautoPekalongan(PekalonganTautoSoup)
4.3PindangTetel
4.4IwakPanggang(SmokedFish)
4.5WajikKletik
4.6KopiTahlil
4.7ApemKesesi
5Education
6HealthFacilities
7Natives
8Dialects
9References

History
ThewordPekalonganisbelievedtobederivedfromtheJavaneseword,TopoNgalong,whichmeans"bat
likemeditation".[1]

Geography
ThenorthernpartofthePekalonganRegencyislowland,whilethesouthernpartoftheregencyis
highland.[2]Pekalonganregencyconsistsof19districts,[3]whicharedividedinto285villages.Kajen,the
regencycapital,islocatedinthemiddleoftheregency,about25kmsouthofPekalonganCity.

Tourism
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InthesouthernpartofregencythereisamountainoustouristareanamedLinggoAsri,whichincludes
bathingarea,relicsoflinggaandyoni,playgroundandpineforest.[4]TherearealsoPekalonganHindu
communitieshere.[5]

TraditionalFood
Pekalonganoffersseveraltraditionalfoodamongothersare:

SegoMegono(MegonoRice)
SegoMegonoisricewithslicedyoungjackfruitandgratedcoconut.Itissavoryandspicy,it'susually
servedwhilestillhotwithanadditionalmenuoffreshvegetablesandfriedfish.Segomegonoisusually
wrappedinteakleavesorbananaleaves.Somepeoplealsocallit"SegoGori"(JackfruitRice).[6]Citeyour
Sources

SotoTautoPekalongan(PekalonganTautoSoup)
Sototautoisakindofmeatsoupwiththicksaucemadewithtauto(fermentedsoy),buffalomeatand
bowel.[7]

PindangTetel
Akindofsoup,wheretheseasoningsauceareprocessedwithripepucungfruit.

IwakPanggang(SmokedFish)
Thisfoodismadeoffishthatisprocessedbysmokingthefish,thefishwillchangeitscolor,flavorand
aroma.ThisfoodcanbefoundinPekalongantraditionalmarkets.

WajikKletik
WajikKletikissomekindofcakewithdiamondshapemadefromglutinousriceplusbrownsugarand
gratedcoconutmixedtogether.

KopiTahlil
Kopitahlilismadefromablendofpurecoffeewithspiceslikeginger,cardamom,cloves,cinnamon,
pandanusleaves,lemongrass,andnutmeg.

ApemKesesi
Apemkesesiismadefromriceflourandpalm/redsugar,thefoodwasprettyfamousinpekalongan
surroundingareasparticularlyinthewesternpartuptotheComal,becauseitalsomarketstoComal
traditionalmarkets,manypeoplealsorecognizethisfoodasApemComal.

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Education
ThereareseveralcollegeandacademyinPekalonganRegency
CollegeofIslamicStudies(STAIN)Pekalongan
MuhammadiyahPolytechnicPekalongan,Kajen
CollegeofHealthSciences(STIKES)MuhammadiyahPekajangan
AcademyofHealthAnalysis(AAK)Pekalongan
STIKAP(IslamicHighSchoolKyaiAgengPekalongan)YMIWonopringgoPekalongan

HealthFacilities
ThereareseveralhealthfacilitiesinPekalonganRegency
PekajanganIslamicHospital(RSI)inAmbokembang,KedungwuniDistrict
KajenGeneralHospital(RSU)inKaranganyarDistrict
KratonGeneralHospital(RSU)inPekalongan

Natives
AdiKurdi(IndonesianActor)
DharsonoHartonoRekso(1stASEANSecretaryGeneral)
AbdulHakimGarudaNusantara(lawyers,humanrightsdefenders)
ZainalAbidinDomba(IndonesianActor)
RudyHadisuwarno(ProfessionalHairdresser)

Dialects
Pekalonganpeoplehavetheirowndialect,thedialectsusuallyendinganordersentencewiththeword"ra".
Forexample:"ojokoyokuira"(don'tbelikethat).Onthesouthernregencythedialectdiffersalittle,where
mostpossibilitysentenceisfollowedbytheword"ndean",othertypicalsouthernpekalongandialectisthe
useofwordCokewhichmeans"maybe".Someexampleare:"wismangan,ndean!?wismangan,coke!?"
("haveheeat?maybehehas?").Thereareothertypicaldialectliketheuseoftheword"pakorasi"which
means"Itdoesn'tmatter".

References
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5.

http://pekalongankab.go.id/selayangpandang/profil/sejarah/71pekalonganmulaidikenal.html
http://pekalongankab.go.id/selayangpandang/deskripsiwilayah/kondisigeografis.html
http://pekalongankab.go.id/selayangpandang/deskripsiwilayah/desaakelurahan.html
http://perwakilan.jatengprov.go.id/wisata/kabupatenpekalongan.html
http://www.suaramerdeka.com/v2/index.php/read/cetak/2011/11/20/167070/MenengokWargaHindudi
PedalamanLinggo
6. http://www.republika.co.id/berita/ramadhan/kuliner2/13/07/21/mqafwjsensasisahurdengannasimegonodi
pekalongan
7. http://travel.kompas.com/read/2013/08/07/0814163/Hhmm.Gurihnya.Soto.Tauto.Pekalongan

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