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Pekalonganisaregency(Indonesian:kabupaten)onthenorthcoastofCentralJavaprovinceinIndonesia.ItsadministrativecentrewasformerlyatPekalongancity,butsincethatcitywasadministrativelyseparated,theregency'scapitalisnowKajen.PekalonganresidentsarewellknownfortheirpursuitofperfectionregardingtheIndonesiantraditionalclothingcalledBatik.

TheDutchnameoftheregencyis'Pacalongan'.

Contents

1History2Geography3Tourism4TraditionalFood

4.1SegoMegono(MegonoRice)4.2SotoTautoPekalongan(PekalonganTautoSoup)4.3PindangTetel4.4IwakPanggang(SmokedFish)4.5WajikKletik4.6KopiTahlil4.7ApemKesesi

5Education6HealthFacilities7Natives8Dialects9References

History

ThewordPekalonganisbelievedtobederivedfromtheJavaneseword,TopoNgalong,whichmeans"batlikemeditation".[1]

Geography

ThenorthernpartofthePekalonganRegencyislowland,whilethesouthernpartoftheregencyishighland.[2]Pekalonganregencyconsistsof19districts,[3]whicharedividedinto285villages.Kajen,theregencycapital,islocatedinthemiddleoftheregency,about25kmsouthofPekalonganCity.

Tourism

Coordinates:65257S1094012E

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InthesouthernpartofregencythereisamountainoustouristareanamedLinggoAsri,whichincludesbathingarea,relicsoflinggaandyoni,playgroundandpineforest.[4]TherearealsoPekalonganHinducommunitieshere.[5]

TraditionalFood

Pekalonganoffersseveraltraditionalfoodamongothersare:

SegoMegono(MegonoRice)

SegoMegonoisricewithslicedyoungjackfruitandgratedcoconut.Itissavoryandspicy,it'susuallyservedwhilestillhotwithanadditionalmenuoffreshvegetablesandfriedfish.Segomegonoisusuallywrappedinteakleavesorbananaleaves.Somepeoplealsocallit"SegoGori"(JackfruitRice).[6]CiteyourSources

SotoTautoPekalongan(PekalonganTautoSoup)

Sototautoisakindofmeatsoupwiththicksaucemadewithtauto(fermentedsoy),buffalomeatandbowel.[7]

PindangTetel

Akindofsoup,wheretheseasoningsauceareprocessedwithripepucungfruit.

IwakPanggang(SmokedFish)

Thisfoodismadeoffishthatisprocessedbysmokingthefish,thefishwillchangeitscolor,flavorandaroma.ThisfoodcanbefoundinPekalongantraditionalmarkets.

WajikKletik

WajikKletikissomekindofcakewithdiamondshapemadefromglutinousriceplusbrownsugarandgratedcoconutmixedtogether.

KopiTahlil

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

ApemKesesi

Apemkesesiismadefromriceflourandpalm/redsugar,thefoodwasprettyfamousinpekalongansurroundingareasparticularlyinthewesternpartuptotheComal,becauseitalsomarketstoComaltraditionalmarkets,manypeoplealsorecognizethisfoodasApemComal.

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Education

ThereareseveralcollegeandacademyinPekalonganRegency

CollegeofIslamicStudies(STAIN)PekalonganMuhammadiyahPolytechnicPekalongan,KajenCollegeofHealthSciences(STIKES)MuhammadiyahPekajanganAcademyofHealthAnalysis(AAK)PekalonganSTIKAP(IslamicHighSchoolKyaiAgengPekalongan)YMIWonopringgoPekalongan

HealthFacilities

ThereareseveralhealthfacilitiesinPekalonganRegency

PekajanganIslamicHospital(RSI)inAmbokembang,KedungwuniDistrictKajenGeneralHospital(RSU)inKaranganyarDistrictKratonGeneralHospital(RSU)inPekalongan

Natives

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

Dialects

Pekalonganpeoplehavetheirowndialect,thedialectsusuallyendinganordersentencewiththeword"ra".Forexample:"ojokoyokuira"(don'tbelikethat).Onthesouthernregencythedialectdiffersalittle,wheremostpossibilitysentenceisfollowedbytheword"ndean",othertypicalsouthernpekalongandialectistheuseofwordCokewhichmeans"maybe".Someexampleare:"wismangan,ndean!?wismangan,coke!?"("haveheeat?maybehehas?").Thereareothertypicaldialectliketheuseoftheword"pakorasi"whichmeans"Itdoesn'tmatter".

References1. http://pekalongankab.go.id/selayangpandang/profil/sejarah/71pekalonganmulaidikenal.html2. http://pekalongankab.go.id/selayangpandang/deskripsiwilayah/kondisigeografis.html3. http://pekalongankab.go.id/selayangpandang/deskripsiwilayah/desaakelurahan.html4. http://perwakilan.jatengprov.go.id/wisata/kabupatenpekalongan.html5. http://www.suaramerdeka.com/v2/index.php/read/cetak/2011/11/20/167070/MenengokWargaHindudi

PedalamanLinggo6. http://www.republika.co.id/berita/ramadhan/kuliner2/13/07/21/mqafwjsensasisahurdengannasimegonodi

pekalongan7. http://travel.kompas.com/read/2013/08/07/0814163/Hhmm.Gurihnya.Soto.Tauto.Pekalongan

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