Ambarawa

Also known as Ambarawa District

Ambarawa is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) of the Semarang Regency, located between the cities of Semarang and Salatiga in Central Java Province of Indonesia. Administratively, it is bordered by the districts of Banyubiru to the south, Jambu to the west, Bandungan to the north, and Bawen to the east.

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Settlement.name: Ambarawa
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Ambarawa Bypass Road from Eling Bening, 2017-03-15.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: A view of Mount Merbabu, Telomoyo and Lake Rawapening from Ambarawa.
Settlement.nickname: Mbahrowo
Settlement.image_map: Locator Kecamatan Ambarawa.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Semarang Regency
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Regency
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Central Java
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Semarang Regency
Settlement.area_total_km2: 28.22
Settlement.population_total: 65096
Settlement.population_as_of: mid 2024 estimate
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Demographics
Settlement.timezone1: Indonesia Western Standard Time

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: kecamatan
Official name: Kecamatan Ambarawa
Country: Indonesia
Located in: Semarang
Contains: Candi
Area: 2998
Elevation: 486
Image: COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het fort Willem I met een begraafplaats op de voorgrond TMnr 3728-442.jpg

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Commons category: Ambarawa
Statistics Indonesia area code: 3322100
different from: Ambarawa
name: Ambarawa

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Japanese internment camps
Battle of Ambarawa
Tourist attractions
Notable people
References
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During colonial times, Ambarawa was an important railway hub connecting through regions in Java as far as Yogyakarta and Magelang. The Semarang-Ambarawa-Magelang line was fully operational until 1977. It is the site of the Indonesian Railway Museum (Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa), which features a section of rack railway between Ambarawa to Bedono on the former Ambarawa-Magelang mainline. The 19th-century Fort Willem I penitentiary complex and military barrack is also located in Ambarawa. thumb|280x280px|Fort Willem I, Ambarawa|Fort Willem I

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