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Sijeruk

village in Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ4187991 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sijeruk (Indonesian pronunciation: [sid͡ʒəˈrʊk̚]) is a village in Banjarmangu, Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia on the island of Java. On 4 January 2006 (2006-01-04), the village was buried under tons of mud and rocks from a landslide. Initial reports indicated between 100 and 190 deaths or missing people. Sijeruk is located approximately 210 miles (340 km) east of Jakarta.

References

External links

Turner, Peter (1997). Java (1st ed.). Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 219. ISBN 0-86442-314-4.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sijeruk” as village in Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sijeruk, village and Banjarnegara.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 1997—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sijeruk, village and Banjarnegara providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sijeruk”, the useful work is to connect “village in Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4187991. Authority coordinates are -7.317, 109.717. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006 and 1997.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sijeruk”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sijeruk primary sources, Sijeruk archive and Sijeruk research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sijeruk”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Sijeruk” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.