Ungaran

Ungaran
Town
Ungaran Kota Ungaran
Other transcription(s)
• Javanese	ꦏꦸꦠ꧀ꦲꦻꦴꦤ꧀ꦒꦫꦤ꧀
Coat of arms
Nicknames:  Benteng Ungaran (Fort Ungaran)
Motto:  Bumi Serasi
Location within Central Java
Ungaran Location in Java and Indonesia Show map of Java Ungaran Ungaran (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 7°8′17″S 110°24′18″E / 7.13806°S 110.40500°E / -7.13806; 110.40500
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Java
Government
• Type	Regent-council
• Body	Ungaran Town Government
• Regent	Ngesti Nugraha [id] (PDI-P)
• Vice Mayor	Nur Arifah [id]
• Legislature	Semarang Regency Regional House of Representatives (DPRD)
Area
• Total	73.95 km2 (28.55 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2025 estimate )
• Total	167,766 (58th)
• Density	2,269/km2 (5,876/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Javanese majority Chinese minority Others
• Religion (2024)	Islam 96.5% Christianity 3.1% - Protestant 1.9% - Roman Catholic 1.2% Buddhism 0.2% Hinduism 0.1% Confucianism and others 0.1%
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Postcodes	505xx
Area code	(+62) 24
Vehicle registration	H
Website	semarangkab.go.id

Ungaran (Dutch: Oengaran) is a town and adjacent areas in Central Java Province of Indonesia. The town serves as the administrative centre of the Semarang Regency in that province. Ungaran is located at -7° 8' 17", 110° 24' 18" at an elevation of 319 metres. It encompasses two districts (kecamatan) within the Regency - Ungaran Barat (West Ungaran) covering 35.96 km² with a population of 83,212 in 2025, and Ungaran Timur (East Ungaran) covering 37.99 km² with a population of 84,554 in 2025.

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  Fort Ontmoeting (Fort Willem II), where Prince Diponegoro was imprisoned while waiting for his judgment in Batavia and further exile to Makassar, Oengaran, Dutch East Indies.
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  Bridge to the village of Oengaran and Oengaran in the background near Samarang.
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  Landscape and villages near the Ungaran volcano in Central Java.
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  The first-year class of the Kweekschool in Oengaran.

Villages

Ungaran is sub-divided into 21 villages, of which 11 are in West Ungaran and 10 are in East Ungaran.

Note: (a) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. (b) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.

Ungaran Volcano

The Ungaran Volcano (Gunung Ungaran in Indonesian) is a deeply eroded stratovolcano, located south of the northern coastal city of Semarang and west of Ungaran town, at map reference 7.18 degrees South and 110.33 degrees East. It has a height of 2,050 m (6,726 ft). It lies at the northern end of a transverse chain of Java volcanoes extending north-north-west from Mount Merapi. It was formed in three stages, with growth of the youngest edifice taking place during the late Pleistocene and Holocene eras. This youngest edifice was constructed south of three large remnant structural blocks of the second Ungaran volcano. A group of pyroclastic cones was also constructed along the margins of the older edifice. The volcano is deeply eroded and no historical eruptions have been reported, but two active fumarole fields are located on its flanks.

Climate

Ungaran has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from November to May.

See also

• Semarang

• Semarang Regency

• Mount Ungaran, the dominant geographic landmark overlooking the town

• Gedong Songo, a major Hindu temple complex on the slopes of Mount Ungaran

• Kedungsepur, the metropolitan cooperation area that includes Semarang and surrounding regencies

• NIS, a colonial railway company responsible for early rail infrastructure in the region

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