Key facts
- Javanese
- Batu ( Gêdrig ) , باتو ( Pégon ) , ꦧꦠꦸ ( Hånåcåråkå )
- Country
- Indonesia
- Province
- East Java
- Established
- ( 2001-06-21 ) 21 June 2001 (age 24)
- Mayor
- Nurochman
- Vice mayor
- Heli Suyanto
- Total
- 194.17 km (74.97 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 892 m (2,927 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 700 m (2,300 ft)
- Density
- 1,160.9/km (3,006.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( Indonesia Western Time )
- Area code
- (+62) 341
- Website
- batukota .go .id
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Indonesia
- Official name
- Kota Batu
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- East Java
- Contains
- Junrejo
- Population
- 190184
- Area
- 202.30
- Elevation
- 838
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Shares border with
- Malang
- Official website
- batukota.go.id
- Image
- Alun-alun Batu.jpg
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- Commons category
- Batu (city)
- topic's main category
- Category:Batu, East Java
- inception
- 2001-10-17
- different from
- Batu
- Statistics Indonesia area code
- 3579
- name
- Batu
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Encyclopedic overview
Batu, officially the City of Batu (Indonesian: Kota Batu, Javanese: ꦏꦸꦛꦧꦠꦸ, romanized: Kutha Batu), is a city in the East Java Province of Indonesia. It is about 20 km to the northwest of Malang. Formerly, it was a part of Malang Regency; but in June 2001, Batu became an independent city (by Act No. 11 of 2001), with its own mayor and council.
With a population of 213,046 people at the 2020 Census, which rose to 225,408 as officially estimated as of mid-2024 (comprising 113,186 males and 112,222 females), Batu lies on the southern slopes of Mount Arjuno-Welirang. Its population largely consists of Javanese. The town used to be a recreation place for the Dutch colonial officers in the Dutch colonial area (before 1945). Batu means "rock" in Indonesian.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Batu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.