Special Region of Yogyakarta
province of Indonesia, on island of Java
The Special Region of Yogyakarta, (English: ; Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta; DIY; Javanese: ꦥꦤꦒꦫꦩꦶꦫꦸꦁꦒꦤ꧀ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ, romanized: Panagara Mirunggan Ngayogyakarta) simply Yogyakarta, is a province-level special region of Indonesia in southern Java. It is a semi-enclave that is surrounded by on the landward side by Central Java Province to the west, north, and east, but has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean to the south.
Co-ruled by the Yogyakarta Sultanate and the Principality of Pakualaman, the region is the only officially recognized diarchy within the government of Indonesia. The city of Yogyakarta is a popular tourist destination and cultural center of the region. The Yogyakarta Sultanate was established in 1755 and provided unwavering support for Indonesia's independence during the Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949). As a first-level division in Indonesia, Yogyakarta is governed by Sultan Hamengkubuwono X as the governor and Duke Paku Alam X as the vice governor. With a land area of just 3,170.363 km2, it is the second-smallest province-level entity of Indonesia after Jakarta.
Name
In Javanese, it is pronounced [joɡjaˈkartɔ], and named after the city of Ayodhya in Javanese-Hindu mythology. The Dutch spelling of the name is Djokjakarta.
Yogyakarta has many alternative names, mostly written and pronounced as "Jogjakarta" or "Jogja" and sometimes written as "Ngayogyakarta", which are determined as common mistakes.
“Special Region of Yogyakarta” enters the record as province of Indonesia, on island of Java. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Special, Region and Yogyakarta can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3741. VIAF identifies the subject as 134422715. Authority coordinates are -7.801, 110.364. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1755, 1945 and 1949.
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