Thursday, 19 September 2013

Pacitan Regency

Pacitan Regency

Pacitan Regency
Pacitan Regency
Pacitan is a regency located in the southwestern East Java Province, with Central Java Province on its west border. Located between 7.55x - 8.17xS and 110.55x - 111.25xE. The borders of Pacitan Regency are: Wonogiri Regency (Central Java) in the west, Ponorogo Regency and Wonogiri Regency in the north, Trenggalek Regency in the east, and Indian Ocean in the south. The capital of Pacitan Regency is Pacitan city. The majority of citizens in Pacitan speak Javanese as their 1st language, while speaking Indonesian as a 2nd language.
Generally, the land in Pacitan can be divided into two categories, calcium rich in the south, and fertile land in the north. The land consists of lithosal association, red mediterranean lithosal, tuf and volcanic compound, reddish lithosal complex, and grey alluvial, clay sediments containing many potential minerals. The minerals are feldspar, ball clay, bentonite, pyrophyllite, calcite, gips, phosphate, silical stone, coal, dolomite, gemstone, tin, and mangan.
Pacitan is also the birthplace of the former army general and the current and 1st directly elected President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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