Jogjakarta is also spelled Djokjakarta, Yogyakarta, Jokyakarta or Jokjakarta, kotamadya (municipality), Yogyakarta Daerah Istimewa (Special District), Java, Indonesia. It lies 18 miles (29 km) inland from the southern Java coast and near Mount Merapi (9,551 feet).
In the 7th century the locality formed part of the Buddhist kingdom of Sailendras, which was contemporaneous with the Sriwijaya empire of Palembang (Sumatra). It was probably included in the later Kediri and Singhasari kingdoms that ruled the region successively. At the end of the 13th century, eastern Java, and what is now Yogyakarta passed under its rule. .....
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