Purbalingga, Central Java Province, Indonesia

🇮🇩 Purbalingga (ꦥꦸꦂꦧꦭꦶꦁꦒ) is a town and district in Central Java Province of Indonesia and the seat of Purbalingga Regency.

Villages The district includes 11 urban villages (kelurahan) and 2 rural villages (desa) - the latter being Toyareja and Jatisaba in the east of the district: • Bojong; • Toyareja; • Kedung Menjangan; • Jatisaba; • Bascar; • Purbalingga Wetam; • Penambongan; • Purbalingga Kidul; • Kandang Gampang; • Purbalingga Kulon; • Purbalingga Lor; • Kembaran Kulon; • Wirasana.

The kelurahan of Karangsentul (in neighbouring Padamara District) and the kelurahan of Kalikabong, Karangmanyar and Mewek (in neighbouring Kalimanah District) are adjacent to the town of Purbalingga and serve as suburbs to the town.

Etymology The term Purbalinga comes from the Sanskrit root words of Hindu origin, purba (east) and linga (an abstract representation of the Hindu deity Lord Shiva), thus meaning the Lord Shiva of East. This reflects the historical origin of the place that the Srivijaya-era or earlier founders of the place had built a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva here in whose honor the place was named by the founder ruling dynasty.

History Purbalingga is steeped in the ancient history of the Hindu empires of the Srivijaya and Majapahit eras, with several extant ancient Hindu temples scattered in and around the regency: • in Tegal Regency ◦ Pura Caraka Dewa, Margo Padang, Tarub, Tegal. ◦ Pura Segara Suci, Jalan Timor Timur, Martologo, Tegal. • Nearby in Cirebon Regency ◦ Pura Agung Jati Permana, Jalan Bali, No. 4, Cirebon. ◦ Pura Jati Permana, Desa Larangan, Rt 3/4, Harjomukti, Cirebon. ◦ Pura Jati Pramana, Jalan Ciremai Raya, Cirebon.

Administrative districts Purbalingga Regency comprises eighteen districts (kecamatan) with a number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 224 rural desa and 15 urban kelurahan - the latter consists of 11 villages in Purlalingga (town) District, 3 in Kalimanah District and 1 in Padamara District): • Kemangkon; • Bukateja; • Kejobong; • Pengadegan; • Kaligondang; • Purbalingga; • Kalimanah; • Padamara; • Kutasari; • Bojongsari; • Mrebet; • Bobotsari; • Karangreja; • Karangjambu; • Karanganyar; • Kertanegara; • Karangmoncol; • Rembang.