Surakarta

Surakarta (<a href="/facts/Javanese_script/HaMUR9Mw">Javanese</a>: ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ, <a href="/facts/Pegon_script/qc4mLClp">Pegon</a>: سوراكارتا), known colloquially as Solo (<a href="/facts/Javanese_script/HaMUR9Mw">Javanese</a>: ꦱꦭ; Sålå), is a major <a href="/facts/List_of_regencies_and_cities_of_Indonesia/rDdEfKBj">city</a> in <a href="/facts/Central_Java/SECs9V0u">Central Java</a>, Indonesia. The 46.72 km2 (18.04 sq mi) city adjoins <a href="/facts/Karanganyar_Regency/US7SME9X">Karanganyar Regency</a> and <a href="/facts/Boyolali_Regency/kqmbEsJD">Boyolali Regency</a> to the north, <a href="/facts/Karanganyar_Regency/US7SME9X">Karanganyar Regency</a> and <a href="/facts/Sukoharjo_Regency/xfu1NCKo">Sukoharjo Regency</a> to the east and west, and <a href="/facts/Sukoharjo_Regency/xfu1NCKo">Sukoharjo Regency</a> to the south. On the eastern side of Solo lies <a href="/facts/Solo_River/uAmF6vo9">Solo River</a> (Bengawan Solo). Its metropolitan area, consisting of Surakarta City and the surrounding six regencies ("Greater Solo Area", formerly <a href="/facts/Special_Region_of_Surakarta/vB09eFJP">Special Region of Surakarta</a>), was home to 6,837,753 inhabitants according to the official estimates for mid 2023, 526,870 of whom reside in the city proper.
Surakarta is the birthplace of the President of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024, <a href="/facts/Joko_Widodo/FncTV629">Joko Widodo</a>, as well as his son and current Vice President of Indonesia, <a href="/facts/Gibran_Rakabuming_Raka/GyodIqVu">Gibran Rakabuming Raka</a>. The former served as Mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012, as did the latter from 2021 to 2024.

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