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Village and subdistrict in Central Java, Indonesia
Wonopringgo
Village and subdistrict
Wonopringgo is located in JavaWonopringgoWonopringgoLocation in Java
Coordinates: 6°59′28″S 109°38′24″E / 6.99111°S 109.64000°E / -6.99111; 109.64000
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Java
RegencyPekalongan Regency

Wonopringgo is a village and subdistrict in Pekalongan Regency in Central Java, Indonesia. It is located south of Pekalongan. The village was an important centre of sugar production with the Karang Anjer Factory in the area during the Dutch East Indies from at least the 1830s when the first Chinese person ran the factory in Wonopringgo. The Amsterdam based Netherlands Trading Company (Nederlandsche Handelmaatschappij or NHM) operated in the village.

Administrative divisions

The subdistrict contains the following villages (desa/kelurahan) aside from Wonopringgo:

References

  1. Cambridge University Press. Online Journals (2006). Journal of Southeast Asian studies. McGraw-Hill Far Eastern Publishers. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. International sugar journal. International Sugar Journal. 1921. pp. 397–8. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  3. Bosma, Ulbe; Giusti-Cordero, Juan A.; Knight, G. R. (2007). Sugarlandia revisited: sugar and colonialism in Asia and the Americas, 1800 to 1940. Berghahn Books. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84545-316-9. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
Regencies and cities of Central Java
Capital: Semarang
Regencies Central Java
Cities
See also: List of populated places in Central Java • List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
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