Cepu, Blora

Coordinates: 7°9′S 111°35′E / 7.150°S 111.583°E / -7.150; 111.583
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Cepu (formerly Tjepoe or Tjepu) is a district (

kecamatan) of Indonesia in Blora Regency, Central Java Province. Its seat is the town of Cepu [id
].

History and economy

In colonial times, when Indonesia was part of the

bpd.[2] They were blown up by the Dutch immediately after the Japanese landings on the island of Java in 1942. The invaders, one of whose objectives was the oilfields, committed atrocities.[3][4] The teak is still highly regarded.[5] By 2001, the oil reserves were thought to have been exhausted; but new ones have been discovered by ExxonMobil, which may yield 235,000 bpd.[6][7][8]

Weather, climate and ecology

The nearest weather station to Cepu town appears to be Surakarta, Central Java, 104 km (65 mi) away.[9]

Language

The local language is Bahasa Jawa Blora [id], a dialect of Javanese.

Subdivisions

Cepu District comprises the following rural and urban villages:[citation needed]

Transportation

Cepu lies between

East Java Province, and is connected to them by road. It is 30 km (19 mi) from Blora, the capital of Blora Regency.[10]

Cepu is served by Cepu railway station [id; nl] and Ngloram Airport.

narrow-gauge light logging railway
that also runs tourist trains.

People

  • Mukti Ali (1923-2004), Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia; born in Cepu
  • Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwiryo
    (1905-1962), Indonesian Islamic mystic; born in Cepu
  • Minister of Defense and Security
    ; born in Cepu
Logging trains in Cepu, c. 1930s.

References

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. U.S. Government Printing Office
    . p. 28. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ "De oorzaak van geweld" (in Dutch). 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Thrust at Tjepose: Invaders Seek Oil Supply". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 2 March 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. ^ "The advantages of Teak wood in Central Java, East Java and West Java". tabudesign.asia. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ^ Sorkhabi, Rasoul (2009). "Cepu Block, Java". GEO ExPro. Vol. 6, no. 4. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. ^ "ExxonMobil's Cepu block may produce 235,000 bpd, more than estimated capacity - regulator". Reuters. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Cepu block". ExxonMobil. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Climate in Cepu (Central Java), Indonesia". weather-and-climate.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Tjepoe: Indonesia". geographic.org. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

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