Yogyakarta (idn)

Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta ranks 3,146th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shymkent, Punjab, India, and Kostroma Governorate. Memorable people born in Yogyakarta include Megawati Sukarnoputri, Diponegoro, and Hamengkubuwono IX. Memorable people who died in Yogyakarta include Ki Hajar Dewantara. Yogyakarta has been the birth place of many politicians, and tennis players and the death place of many politicians. Yogyakarta is located in Indonesia.

Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an important centre for classical Javanese fine arts and culture such as ballet, batik textiles, drama, literature, music, poetry, silversmithing, visual arts, and wayang puppetry. Renowned as a centre of Indonesian education, Yogyakarta is home to a large student population and dozens of schools and universities, including Gadjah Mada University, the country's largest institute of higher education and one of its most prestigious. Read more on Wikipedia