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Jepara

City population
1,257,912
#13
in Indonesia
#2
in Central Java
#409
worldwide
JakartaJepara
-6.592, 110.671 · 425 km from Jakarta
Share of Indonesia
0.4%
Of the national population
Elevation
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
To Jakarta
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
IANA zone identifier

About Jepara

The second-largest listed city in Central Java, Jepara holds a population of 1,257,912 and accounts for 0.4% of Indonesia's total. It sits 425 km from Jakarta and lies at 5 m elevation. Batang, the nearest substantial city, is 13 km away; Pecangaan and Mlonggo are 13 km and 7 km distant respectively.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Indonesia
#13of 446
LargestSmallest
Position in Central Java
#2of 80
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Rank in region
#2of 80
Coordinates
-6.592, 110.671
Record updated
9 February 2023
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 446 in Indonesia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Jepara compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Jepara1.26M

Jepara Population FAQ

What is the population of Jepara?

Jepara has a city population of 1,257,912. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Jepara?

Jepara is in Central Java, Indonesia, 425 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -6.592, 110.671.

How big is Jepara compared with other cities in Indonesia?

It is the 13th largest of the 446 cities listed in Indonesia, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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