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City : Denpasar
Width Area : 123,98 Km2
Subdistrics :
1. Denpasar Barat
2. Denpasar Timur
3. Denpasar Selatan

Mayor : Drs. A.A Puspayoga
Office : Jl. Gajah Mada No.1 Denpasar
Web Address : www.denpasar.go.id

Capital of Bali propinsi (province), south central Bali, Indonesia, 40 miles (70 km) south of Singaraja. The largest city on the island of Bali, it is also the capital of the Badung kabupaten (regency). Denpasar was the site of a suicidal battle of the rajas of Badung against the Dutch Militia in 1906. A large open square in the centre of the city, named Puputan Square, commemorates the event. The population of app. 400,000 is mostly Balinese who speak a dialect of Indonesian written in Pallava script and practice a form of Islam strongly influenced by Hindu customs. In addition, there are Arab and Indian merchants who deal mainly in textiles; Chinese operate most local businesses, and there are some Christians. The city's mechanized industries include food processing, papermaking and printing, and the manufacture and repair of machinery. Handicrafts include sandstone carving, weaving, coconut and bone carving, plaiting, basket weaving, and the production of coir and of gold and silver jewelry.

A network of roads links Denpasar with Singaraja and other cities on the island. Denpasar also has an international airport. A branch of the National Archaeological Research Centre; the Bali Museum, built by the Dutch government in 1932 and containing specimens of Balinese art from prehistoric times to the early 20th century; and Universitas Udayana (founded 1962) are located at Denpasar. Sites of interest include the Puri (temple) Pemecutan, St. Joseph Church, Meredith Memorial Library, Pasar (market) Dadung, Kokar (Conservatory of Performing Arts), Academy of Indonesian Dances, and Abiankohas Art Centre.

Demography
Denpasar is the capital-city of Bali Province, Denpasar has got some fascination for tourism such as : remain of ancient building with Balinese architecture. It offers a city-tour where tourism can experience and learn about various cultural attraction of Denpasar. The tour start from Pemecutan Palace, proceed to Kuta Palace, Satria Palace, and Kesiman Palace then visit the old and the newest temples in town. The journey continued to visit Bali Meseum, Finger Print Museum, Le Mayeur Museum, and Archeology Museum in Sesetan. There is also a chance to do shopping at Kumbasari, River-side market of Pasar Badung. Finally visit Satria Bird market and Kereneng.

Geography
Administratively, Denpasar city divided 3 sub district, 43 village/administrative village, width of area about 12.780 ha, consists with 3,147 ha of rice field and 9,633 ha of land which can not be used as a rice field. Located on 8º-35’-31” - 8º-44’-49” south latitude and 115º-10-23” - 115º-16’-27” East longitude with the amount of citizen about 4,080 people/km and rate of growth average 3.01% per year.

From that amount of people 44.44% located in the west area and 24.90% located in the east area and 28.66% in the south area. As a capital of Bali Province, Denpasar is a center of any activities specially economic activities. There are many facilities and economic structure in this area that can be supported the growth of economy of Bali generally. In the year of 2000 PDRB which is reached about 3.1 quintillion rupiah if (based on valid price) or increase about 12.60%.

Home Industries
Crafting / Diligence of Wood Idol is one of exceeding / exporting pledge which from year to year has increased. There are 35 units of effort, which used 175 employees consists in 3 sub-district in Denpasar town.
Type of production : Generally design of wood crafting has special characteristic in each sub-district. Such as Denpasar Selatan is dominated by Buddha statue, Denpasar Barat dominated by Buddha statue and people in Denpasar Timur sub-district is dominated by Chicken hutch, farmer, fishermen, animal and pop art.
Raw material most of this effort use local raw material and outside the area. Production process use traditional and simple technology (with simple equipments). Marketing : Export to Dutch, American, Australian, Canadian, Polandia, Taiwan, Etc.
Silver Crafting / Diligence widespread in three sub-district in town of Denpasar consists of 20 Units effort with absorbingly of labour about 500 employees. Crafting / Diligence of Silver have typical design and very liked by foreign tourist and represent one of pledge commodity / pre-eminent export. This crafting / diligence is specially produced decoration good for souvenir and also export like : ring, pendant, mother of pearl, anything, bangle, other crafting / diligence and as goods of interior decoration. Marketing : Export to French, American, Canadian, Australian, Japan, Dutch and other state.
Garment craft was grown and developed in Denpasar very fast, both in the form of household crafting / diligence, small until middle representing pre-eminent product of especial exporting of area and at most permeating labor in town of Denpasar more or less than 75 units of effort which is use about 100.000 employees from the employees who has no skill until the employees who has special skill. The most production is produced are clothes of woman or man, spray, bad cover, coastal cloth and the other. Local marketing and export to any counties like American, Australian, Japan, French, and Italian.
Crafting / Diligence Kipas Cendana reside in one of village/administrative village in Denpasar namely in Sesetan administrative village and is one of villages in Bali which produced their production in Kipas Cendana Crafting. There are 15 units effort with absorbingly about 300 employees. Type production : Fan of graven Cendana and fan combined with painting with all kinds of form there are ½ circular and full with difference size. Raw material : Cendana wood which conducive from East of Indonesian. Local wood, Other indirect material. Marketing : as souvenir for tourist and domestic.
Crafting / Diligence of Matting also has prospect which fair enough, and this crafting / diligence have been able to penetrate marketing as a souvenir or interior and household tool and furniture. Production : as production of decoration like mirror, lantern, place tissue, place for fruit, newspaper of place, wallet, bag, beside decoration goods are also produced furniture like desk, chari, bad, toilet and others. Marketing : local and also export to American, Japan, Dutch, French, China and Others.

  Beaches 

Sanur Beach
Save for a few scattered villas owned by lords and heiresses, during the thirties Sanur beach was left in seclusion. Pandy's Art Gallery was then an aquarium and coffee shop. Tandjung Sari was a solitary temple on the cape, and Hotel Bali Beach had not neared its conception. The only surviving home of those times is that of the Belgian painter Le Mayeur, who moved to Bali in 1 932 and lived there for 26 years. The house, with its statued gardens, luxuriant gold and crimson carvings, and Le Mayeur's own paintings is now cared for by his widow, Ni Polok, once a renowned Legong dancer and famed beauty-the ideal Balinese of his paintings. On his death Le Mayeur willed the house to the Indonesian Government. A guidebook is available. The house is situated close by the Hotel Bali Beach.

By the fifties, the first cluster of bungalows was built as a small hotel. The villagers were amazed that someone would want to settle by the ocean, as beaches were traditionally shunned by the Balinese because of spirits. Yet Sanur continued to attract an international elite and today is a prominent luxury resort area in the Far East.

The Hotel Bali Beach, a Soekarno-era project, was opened in 1966. While the Hotel Bali Beach expanded into a new wing and bungalows (called the Bali Seaside Cottage), more than 30 hotels opened their doors up and down the beach.

When the Hotel Bali Beach first opened, and even to this day, it was a source of wonder to the Balinese. They came from all over the island to set eyes upon what, to the modern world, were everyday matters-sky-high rooms, running water, electricity and elevators. The Bali Hyatt and Sanur Beach are the next largest hotels. The building boom reached its peak for a PATA Conference in 1974 when hotels at Sanur alone provided about 1,600 rooms. A new, open highway now links Sanur to Denpasar and Nusa Dua. The volume of traffic to the Bukit Peninsula has increased since more luxury hotels opened at Nusa Dua resort in 1982.

  Temples 

The temple located on the way side of Denpasar Street to Gianyar, it about more-less four kilometers from Denpasar to East Side. The temple clamped by two streets on the right and the East Side, the both streets are short way to Taman Lita Ulangun Oongan.

This temple consists of two part are: at Jeroan temple has two pelinggih they are: The Pelinggih Pasimpangan Dalem Kesiman Temple and Pelinggih which have cave/hole that has Ananta Bhoga statue on the bottom side. And Jaba temple only has Bale wantilan that has function as entertain stage and place to realize Ngerebong ceremony.

The relation ceremony of Dalem temple which called Dalem kesiman temple, also done Tabuh rah for four days after the ceremony take place for 21 days started from Wednesday wage Langkir. After doing tabuh rah for four days, eight days after Kuningan ceremony took place, the fifth day of Tabuh Rah started on Sunday Pon Medangsia exactly on the Pengerebongan Day (Amutering Bhuana) moved by the local people to Petilan as Tajen Pengerebongan (cook fighter).

Maospahit Temple
Maospahit Temple has status as Dang Kahyangan and it has change ancient temple, which located in Denpasar City at Banjar Grenceng Pemecutan Kaja, Sub District of West Denpasar. From Catur to the west more less than 950 meter, we will find the temple at Sutomo Street on the West Side. Maospahit Temple around located among local people house, Bank and Banjar Grenceng also shopping center.



This temple has known long time ago by Ancient Historians because Maospahit remembered us to the Kingdom of Majapahit and perhaps parts of old of this temple imitated from Majapahit about 14-15 centuries ago.

Jagatnatha Temple
Located at Mayor Wisnu Street, lies at the heart of Denpasar City, the north side of Museum Bali and the East Side of Puputan Square. This temple including District Administrative of Dangin Puri. Sub District of East Denpasar, Denpasar Municipality Region Level II, Bali Region Province Level I

This temple established facing to the west as commonly as the temples in Bali. Besides facing to the west there are also the temples in Bali facing to the south. The east and north directions are able the holy direction which is according to Hindu's religion.

That is why every people will be able to easy know the location of Jagatnatha Temple in Denpasar, from the huge Padmasana.

History
In this explanation we convey the background of developing and function of this temple, and also the important thing is the chronology of development of the temple since to be planed until finishing the phase.

Background of developing this temple to realist decisions which has discharged in meeting of Parisada Dharma Hindu Bali on 20 November 1961, at Campuhan Ubud, Gianyar Parisada Hindu Dharma is high Assembly Indonesian Hinduism, which was centralization located at Denpasar. The one of decisions such as: established the center of religious education activity to build up and to develop the live of Hindus religion in Bali as specially and in Indonesian as generally.

Every fifteen days on full moon and dark moon, at this temple is loaded by Hindu's people which most of them come from Denpasar City to pray. For young generation principally: sometimes after praying which usually done, on the afternoon and the evening is held the Shadow Puppet show at the next of this temple.

  Markets 

Kreneng Market also selling the various of daily equipment, and in the evening is stuffed by kiosks which brightened with the sparking light it is often call: Unexpected Touch Market (Pasar Senggol Asoka). At night market is sold the variety of traditional food, which sold on wheel boxes.

In noisy situation the hawkers is welcomed so warm by cloth sellers, the roof is brightened with sparking light. The most important to take attentions delicious that the food is sold being clean.

 Puputan Square

Denpasar's fame came from "Puputan" fight to the death against the Dutch in 1906, when thousands of Balinese warriors, dressed in their finest Balinese regalia, and armed only with their tradition weapons like the Keris (short dragger) and spears, hurled themselves against the lines of Dutch carbines.
The injured then being finished off and frenzied women, also looking for death. Much of the nobility was wiped out. The incident is now remembered by the Puputan square the former Kingdom of Badung, where the slaughter took place.
It is dreary open space on the site there is a monument in memory of Puputan overlooking at Surapati Street. The monument shows a parent and two children-carrying knife (Keris) and bamboo post ready to fight, keep prestige and knight blood.
At one corner of the square stands at 5 meters high statue made of stone that is dedicated to the "Great Teacher" -Shiva.
It makes this an interesting feature is the fact that face to the east is that of Indra (Iswara), while that to the south is Brahma, to the north is Vishnu, and to the west is Mahadewa.

Also within to the square is very modern looking Pura Jagatnatha, the temple of the Lord of the world within is to be found a gilded statue of the Supreme God, Sanghyang Widhi Wasa. Nearby stands the magnificent Bali Museum that was established in 1932 on display are archeological finds, dance masks, handicrafts, paintings, as well as the architectural illustrations of the various Balinese Temples. And on the north side stands the luxury building of Jaya Sabha, which means the Governor of Bali Province Residence. And in front of that building is often used as bullring and the commencement processions of Bali Art Festival continuously it arranged every June-July in a year.