Cepu, Blora

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Cepu
Solo River in Cepu district
Solo River in Cepu district
Cepu is located in Java
Cepu
Cepu
Cepu is located in Indonesia
Cepu
Cepu
Coordinates: 7°9′S 111°35′E / 7.150°S 111.583°E / -7.150; 111.583
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Java
RegencyBlora
CapitalCepu
Government
Area
 • Total49.81 km2 (19.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)
 • Total76,370
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
 
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Area code0296
WebsiteOfficial website

Cepu (formerly Tjepoe or Tjepu) is a district (kecamatan) of Indonesia in Blora Regency, Central Java Province. Its seat is the town of Cepu.

History and economy

In colonial times, when Indonesia was part of the Dutch East Indies, Cepu was known for its teak (timber) and oil. The oil refineries, operated by Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij, could produce about 11,000 bpd. They were blown up by the Dutch immediately after the Japanese landings on the island of Java in 1942. The invaders, one of whose objectives was the oilfields, committed atrocities. The teak is still highly regarded. By 2001, the oil reserves were thought to have been exhausted; but new ones have been discovered by ExxonMobil, which may yield 235,000 bpd.

Weather, climate and ecology

The nearest weather station to Cepu town appears to be Surakarta, Central Java, 104 km (65 mi) away.

Language

The local language is Bahasa Jawa Blora, a dialect of Javanese.

Subdivisions

Cepu District comprises the following rural and urban villages:[citation needed]

Transportation

Cepu lies between Semarang (127 km (79 mi)), the capital of Central Java Province, and Surabaya (179 km (111 mi)), the capital of East Java Province, and is connected to them by road. It is 30 km (19 mi) from Blora, the capital of Blora Regency.

Cepu is served by Cepu railway station and Ngloram Airport.

Cepu Forest Railway is a steam-powered narrow-gauge light logging railway that also runs tourist trains.

People

Logging trains in Cepu, c. 1930s.

References

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. ^ McCabe, Richard Grant (1932). Petroleum Refineries in Foreign Countries, 1931. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 28. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ "De oorzaak van geweld" (in Dutch). 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Thrust at Tjepose: Invaders Seek Oil Supply". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 2 March 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. ^ "The advantages of Teak wood in Central Java, East Java and West Java". tabudesign.asia. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ^ Sorkhabi, Rasoul (2009). "Cepu Block, Java". GEO ExPro. Vol. 6, no. 4. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. ^ "ExxonMobil's Cepu block may produce 235,000 bpd, more than estimated capacity - regulator". Reuters. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Cepu block". ExxonMobil. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Climate in Cepu (Central Java), Indonesia". weather-and-climate.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Tjepoe: Indonesia". geographic.org. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

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