Pekalongan

Pekalongan (Dutch: Residentie Pekalongan) is a region of Central Java in Indonesia.

Map of Pekalongan

• -6.908112109.7304191 Batang — dense forestry regency
• -7.05108.92 Brebes — shallot agriculture and salted duck egg industry
• -7.054167109.57253 Kajen — the capital of Pekalongan Regency
• -6.888333109.6752784 Pekalongan — a Batik city has become a part of UNESCO Creative Cities
• -7.033333109.45 Pemalang — Comal river and pineapple agriculture
• -6.974165109.1396556 Slawi — the capital of Tegal Regency
• -6.8675109.13757 Tegal — a lively north coast town with a strong colonial past

• -7.239109.221 Mount Slamet — highest mountain in Central Java

Pekalongan dialect Javanese language is used in Tegal (western part), Weleri (eastern part) and the Kendeng Mountains area (southern part).

Some cities, Brebes, Tegal, Pemalang, Pekalongan, and Batang is served by train services from Indonesia's capital Jakarta or Central Java's capital Semarang.

Cities are connected by good condition Great Post Road and Trans-Java Toll Road.

See Batik Museum in the city of Pekalongan.

Take a hot bath in Guci natural hot spring in Tegal.

Warung Tegal (abbreviated as "Warteg"), a general term for middle to lower class food and beverage stalls on the side of the road in Indonesia. Most of them were managed by people from two villages in Tegal Regency back then.

As an area with a Muslim majority, it is very difficult to find alcohol drinks in the area. Try specialty tea drink teh poci (hot tea in claypot teapot with rock sugar) in Tegal.

• Banyumas
• Kedu
• North Coast (West Java)