Klaten Regency
Regency in Central Java, Indonesia
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The regency encompasses parts of Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, whose eruptions have repeatedly affected Klaten's population. Klaten is home to several historical sites, including the 9th-century Buddhist Plaosan temple complex. The 9th-century Hindu Prambanan temple itself sits just outside the administrative border of Klaten, but large portions of the wider Prambanan Temple Compounds, a World Heritage Site that includes several more Hindu-Buddhist temple complexes in the vicinity of Prambanan, lie within Klaten regency.
The regency's administrative centre is the town of the same name; which extends over 37 km2 (14 sq mi) and encompasses three of the regency's districts, with a combined total of 136,400 inhabitants in 2025; a fourth district (Kalikotes, with 38,786 inhabitants in 2025) is also part of the town area.
Geography and Climate
Geography
Klaten Regency borders Boyolali Regency in the North, Sukoharjo Regency and Wonogiri Regency in the East, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta to the South and West.
The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake damaged the area, located near the active Mount Merapi volcano on the border between Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, The 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi had a great impact on Klaten and its surrounding areas. A few of the victims who were affected by the eruption came from the regency of Klaten. The volcanic eruptions were so loud they caused panic and a rush for residents to seek refuge.
Klaten has a humid (> 0.65 p/pet) climate. The landscape is mostly covered with rainfed croplands, residential areas, and isolated stands of trees. The climate is classified as a Tropical Monsoon (short dry season, monsoon rains other months), with a tropical moist forest biozone. The soil in the area is high in nitosols, and andosols (nt), soil with deep, clay-enriched lower horizon with shiny ped surfaces.
Climate
Klaten has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) according to the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature varies little from month to month. October is the warmest with an average temperature of 26.5 °C. July is coldest with an average temperature of 24.8 °C. The wet season has a rainfall peak around January. The dry season centers around August, which has the most sunshine.
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Administrative
The regency government of Klaten was established on 28 October 1950. Its 26 districts (kecamatan) are subdivided into 391 rural villages (desa) and 10 urban villages (kelurahan). The area includes tourist sites, places of interest, traditional arts, traditional events, and handicraft centers.
Administrative districts
Klaten Regency is divided into twenty-six districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid 2025. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 391 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), and its postcode.
Notes: (a) except the desa of Wonosari (which has a postcode of 57473). (b) including kelurahan of Jatinom. (c) including 2 kelurahan of Bareng Lor and Gergunung.
(d) including 6 kelurahan of Bareng, Buntalan, Kabupaten, Klaten, Mojayan and Tonggalan. (e) including kelurahan of Gayamprit.
Klaten town
The three districts which together form Klaten town are divided into the following twenty-nine villages (comprising nine urban kelurahan and twenty rural desa), while the urban area also includes Kalikotes District, composed of a further seven villages (all classed as rural desa). These are tabulated below with their areas and their populations according to the 2023 official estimates, together with their postcodes. Kelurahan are noted by an asterisk following their names.
The metropolitan area of the town had 384,896 inhabitants at the 1990 Census.