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Amlapura (; ) formerly known as Kuta Negara Karangasem (; ) is a town and the regency seat of the Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. It was renamed in 1963 after the eruption of Mount Agung. The population of the town in 2010 was 37.308.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Amlapura
Settlement.other_name
Kuta Negara Karangasem
Settlement.translit_lang1
Native
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
Balinese
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
Indonesia_Bali#Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Bali, Karangasem Regency and Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Bali
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Regency
Settlement.subdivision_name4
Karangasem
Settlement.established_title1
Kuta Negara Karangasem
Settlement.established_date1
22 June 1611
Settlement.established_title2
Amlapura
Settlement.established_date2
17 August 1971

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Indonesia
Located in
Karangasem
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Capital of
Karangasem
Sources (1)

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Encyclopedic overview

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Amlapura (; ) formerly known as Kuta Negara Karangasem (; ) is a town and the regency seat of the Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. It was renamed in 1963 after the eruption of Mount Agung. The population of the town in 2010 was 37.308.

==History== After the eruption of Mount Agung in 1963, a new city had to be built since most of the office complexes built during the Dutch East Indies Government were destroyed by the lava floods.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amlapura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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