(Purworejo’s logo)
Purworejo
District is a district in Central Java province. The capital on the city of
Purworejo. The district borders the Wonosobo and Magelang District in the
north, district Kulonprogo (Yogyakarta Province in the east), the Indian Ocean
in the south, and the west Kebumen.
(Purworejo)
Purworejo District was formed on 5 October
901 Masehi, it is shown in the inscription Kayu Ara Hiwang at Boro Wetan
village, Banyuurip. Previously known as the Bagelen on prosperity time of the
Mataram Kingdom. Currently Purworejo has 16 districts and 494 villages. And in
the development history Purworejo known as a pioneer in the field of education
and is known as the region that generate employment in the fields of education,
agriculture and the military. In addition, Purworejo also known as a city that
is rich in plantation products and farm. Such as the spices, coconut, and
tobacco are the great plantation products in purworejo. There are also etawa breed
goats that are generation from Etawa from India. Besides plantations and farms,
purworejo also has considerable tourism among others Ketawang Beach, Keburuhan
Beach, Jatimalang Beach, Curug Muncar, Curug Siklothok, Curug Silangit, and as
well as natural caves such as Goa Seplawan. This tourist attractions visited by
tourists both local and long distance calls, especially when the holiday or
weekend. So, in general purworejo has three potential toincrease income, from
plantations, farms, and tourism.
In
the plantation field, purworejo produce many crops, and the most famous is the
spices, coconut, and tobacco. Purworejo become one of the biggest spices
producer in the province of Central Java. Purworejo produces spices such as
cardamom, ginger, turmeric, ginger and others. But, the most biggest spices
produced in purworejo is cardamom. Spice is not only used by Purworejo’s peoples
but also used by peoples from outside purworejo, for example from Cilacap. The
use of spices is equally both by small industry like as herbal carrying and big
industries such as factories. Around 75 medicinal plants in Central Java rely
on raw materials from the district such as: Jaya Guna, Serbuk Sari, Serbuk
Manjur, and Cap Tawon Sapi. The makers or herbalist carrying and big industries
such as medicinal plants usually buy spices from the garden owners directly or
from traditional markets that are in the area Purworejo.
(Spices)
Tobacco is also a
plantation commodities that have high sales value in Purworejo. The benefits of
tobacco, purworejo can increase local income as well as national income, so
that in 2008 and 2009 Purworejo got Revenue Sharing Fund Tobacco Excise. The
largest tobacco producer in Purworejo are in Pituruh Subdistrict. The peoples of
Pituruh become tobacco’s farmer. So in addition, tobacco to increasing income
for local and state employment and also the additional results to local
households Pituruh.
(Tobacco)
Besides spices and tobacco, Purworejo also has extensive
coconut plantations and spread throughout the Purworejo district. Coconuts is used for food,
but the major used for coconut palm sugar and coconut oil. In making palm sugar
and coconut oil, purworejo still use simple way. To make palm sugar, first should
tap the sap of the coconut tree then cook it and form it.Whereas, to make
coconut oil, just need cooking coconut essence into oil until lightly browned. In
making palm sugar and coconut oil are still made by the home industry which were then
sold to the market when the palm sugar and coconut oil produced widely. Palm
sugar and coconut oil Purworejo already exported to areas in Central Java
province and even across the province.
(Coconut)
In addition to the results of that
plantations, Purworejo also crops others such as coffee, rubber, cocoa,
vanilla, sugar cane, and patchouli.
Besides
having a large plantation, purworejo also has a large farms as well. Purworejo
have the typical farm animals, it is etawa breed goat that is a generation of Etawa from india. Etawa breed goats and Etawa
has many advantages, such as goat has a lot of meat because of the goats can
reach the weight of 91 kilograms, and a day goats can produce as much as 3
liters of milk. But most of all, the goat is a superior goat so many people
both local and long distance calls want to raising this goats, so the sales of
etawa breed goats and Etawa of Purworejo out the area so high. Every year, thousands
of goats sold out Purworejo, including East Java (Ponorogo, Kediri, Trenggalek),
Sumatra (Bengkulu, Jambi), Riau and Kalimantan (Banjarmasin). Actually
specialization for Etawa not only in the country, proven in 2005-2006 many
Etawa exported to malaisia to have been domesticated. European countries also have a
high interest in these animals, but these goats for export directly to Europe
still constrained many things so that Purworejo only export Etawa’s sperm.

(Etawa)
Purworejo
also a city that rich in tourism. Purworejo have a place of tourism such as
beaches, waterfalls, and natural caves. Because of purworejo is a city that
located on the south coast, so that Purworejo has many beaches and famous
beaches include Ketawang beach, Keburuhan beach, and Jatimalang beach. The
beaches are very crowded visited by tourists. But in addition to the tourist
spots, the beaches of Purworejo also serve as iron sand mining. In a day, dozens
of trucks can transport the iron sand from the beaches.
(Ketawang Beach)
Located on the southern
coast that in fact form lowland areas Purworejo also in upland areas such as
Kaligesing, Cangkrep, and Bruno so that these areas are found waterfalls. Some
waterfalls are managed to place tourism such as Curug Muncar, Curug Siklotok, and
Curug Silangit. Aside from being a tourist spot, the waterfall is also used for
outbound for nature lovers and widegame place in high school extracurricular
activities such as scouts and youth red cross.
(Curug Muncar)
And the most famous tourist
spots in Purworejo is a natural cave. One is the cave is Goa Seplawan that in Kaligesing.
What's interesting about this is the natural cave formed naturally from rocks
and supposedly when we explored the cave it will culminate in the Cilacap. In
addition, the scenery around the cave is also very beautiful and cool as well
as the southern coast can be seen here.
(Arca Seplawan)
Facility tourism purworejo been managed
well by the government and local communities such as access roads within easy reach so that many tourists visiting the tourist spots in the area Purworejo.
In
conclusion, Purworejo has great potential to increase income, both from the
plantation, farming, and tourism, because the results of the field is large
enough. Maybe Purworejo should improve
the quality in their respective fields such as increasing crops spices,
tobacco, and coconut and Etawa so the stream from outside also the higher and income
areas also increased.