Grobogan Regency

Grobogan Regency (ꦒꦿꦺꦴꦧꦺꦴꦒꦤ꧀) is a regency (kabupaten) located in northeastern part of the Central Java province in Indonesia. Created on 4 March 1726, the Grobogan Regency has an area of 2,023.84 km2, and is the second largest regency in the Central Java Province. It had a population of 1,308,696 at the 2010 census and 1,453,526 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 1,501,145 (comprising 754,396 males and 746,749 females). Its capital is the town of Purwodadi. Grobogan is divided into nineteen districts, listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The most westerly twelve of these districts (with a combined population of 888,581 at the 2020 census) lie within the officially defined Semarang Metropolitan Area (known as Kedungsepur); the remaining seven districts to the east (indicated by asterisks (*) following their names in the table below) are outside the Semarang Metropolitan Area. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 273 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan), and its postal code. Notes: (a) including the 2 kelurahan of Wirosari and Kunden. (b) including the kelurahan of Grobogan. (c) including the 4 kelurahan of Purwodadi, Danyang, Kalongan and Kuripan. Bordering Grobogan Regency to the north are the Demak, Pati and Kudus Regencies, to the east is Blora Regency, to the south are the Ngawi (East Java Province), Sragen and Boyolali Regencies and to the west is Semarang Regency. The government of the regency is led by a regent, currently Sri Sumarni. Grobogan Regency became the center of the Mataram kingdom with its capital in Medhang Kamulan or Sumedang Purwocarito or Purwodadi. The capital was later moved to around town Prambanan as Mamratipura or Poh Pitu or Watugaluh. During the time of Medang and Kahuripan, Grobogan region was important to those country.