Yogyakarta ( or ; also
Jogja or
Jogjakarta) is a city and the capital of
Yogyakarta Special Region in
Java,
Indonesia. It is renowned as a center of education (
Kota Pelajar), classical
Javanese fine art and culture such as
batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows. Yogyakarta was the Indonesian capital during the
Indonesian National Revolution from 1945 to 1949, with
Gedung Agung as the president's office. One of the districts in Yogyakarta,
Kotagede, was the capital of the
Mataram Sultanate between 1575 and 1640. The city is named after the Indian city of
Ayodhya from the
Ramayana epic.
Yogya means "suitable, fit, proper", and
karta, "prosperous, flourishing" (i.e., "a city that is fit to prosper"). Its population was 388,627 inhabitants at the 2010 census and its built-up (
or metro) area was home to, 4,010,436 inhabitants spread on 2 cities (
Yogyakarta and Magelang) and 65 districts spread on Sleman, Klaten, Bantul, Kulon Progo and Magelang regencies. While urbanization sprawls, Yogyakarta-Magelang and Surakarta are being agglomerated in a few years. The
Dutch name of the city is
Djokjakarta.