Bantul is the name of a regency and a town located in the province of Yogyakarta (special region), Indonesia. The regency's population is approximately 800,000. Like many regions on the island of Java, it is densely populated with roughly 1,600 people per square kilometer. The regency is bordered by the city of Yogyakarta to the north, the regencies of Kulon Progo and Sleman to the west, the regency of Gunung Kidul to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. A regency (kabupaten) is a political subdivision of a province in Indonesia. ... The Special Region of Yogyakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY), is a province of Indonesia on the island of Java. ... View of the Puncak area in West Java Java (Indonesian: Jawa) is the most populous of Indonesias islands, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Yogyakarta (also Jogjakarta in pre-1972 spelling or Jogja) is a city and province on the island of Java, Indonesia. ... Kulon Progo is one of the five districts of the sultanate Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

2006 Earthquake

On 27 May 2006 an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck near Java's southern coast causing widespread damage. Bantul was the region most affected by the disaster. More than 2,000 residents of Bantul City were killed, thousands of its residents injured, and 80% of its homes damaged or destroyed.[1] The May 2006 Java earthquake occurred at 05:54 local time on 27 May 2006 (22:54 GMT 26 May), in the Indian Ocean around 25 km (15 miles) south-southwest of the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, near Galur, on the southern side of the island of Java (), 17. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ...

External link

• Official website

Administrative areas in Special Region of Yogyakarta
City: Yogyakarta Regencies: Bantul | Gunung Kidul | Kulon Progo | Sleman The Special Region of Yogyakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY), is a province of Indonesia on the island of Java. ... Image File history File links Yogya_Symbol. ... Yogyakarta (also Jogjakarta in pre-1972 spelling or Jogja) is a city and province on the island of Java, Indonesia. ...