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Surakarta Sunanate
Surakarta Sunanate
(
Indonesian
:
Kasunanan Surakarta
;
Javanese
:
Kasunanan/Karaton Surakarta Hadiningrat
; ) is a
Javanese
monarchy
centred in the city of
Surakarta
, in the province of
Central Java
,
Indonesia
. The Surakarta
Kraton
were established in 1745 by
Pakubuwono II
. Surakarta Sunanate and
Yogyakarta Sultanate
are together the successors of
Mataram Sultanate
. Unlike their counterparts in Yogyakarta, who use the title of
sultan
, the rulers of Surakarta use the title of
sunan
. The Dutch name was used during
Dutch colonial rule
until the 1940s. The title is sometimes
anglicized
as the , from the location of their palace.
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