Alam Umbul Tuk Cave
Alam Umbul Tuk Cave is a natural cave with beautiful stalagmite and stalactite. The Umbul Tuk cave is located in the Tumpakkepuh village Bakung subdistrict, to the south of Blitar city with a distance of about 40 kilometers.
This cave is more or less 1500 meters long and about 3 meters wide and high.
The tour to this cave is crowded by visitors on school holidays, and the road to the cave has been renovated and can be passed by four wheel vehicles.
Kyai Pradah Goong
(the sacred washing ceremony)
The sacred washing ceremony of Kyai Pradah Goong is a traditional ceremony which has been inherited from one generation to the other in Blitar subdistrict society. Besides it is meant to flourish the traditional culture, it is also meant to give blessing for those who bring or showered by the used water of the goong.
Larung Sesaji Ceremony
Larung Sesaji Ceremony is held every 1 Syuro (the Javanese calendar) in the South Sea, Tambakrejo coast, Wonotirto subdistrict.
Larung Sesaji Ceremony is done to express the grateful feeling and also to pray to God who has given the sailors a lot of sea products and   also safety
PENATARAN TEMPLE
(CANDI PENATARAN)
PENATARAN, is the largest and most important Hindu temple complex in East Java. It lies just 10 Kilometers north of Blitar on the lower slopes of Mt. Kelud. Dedicated to the god Siva. the temple was in use for at least three hundred years, from the 12th to 15th centuries.Most of the buildings which can be seen today, however, were constructed during Majapahit’s golden century.
The layout of the temple is similar to that found in the Balinese pura today. A number of small buildings are scattered within a sacred, walled enclosure, with the largest and most important temple at the rear of the complex, Hindu legends, among them the Ramayana epic, are carved in relief on the temple walls and terrace foundations.
Penataran Tourism Area
Penataran tourism area is the supporting tourism area near the Penataran Temple. In this area, we can find swimming pools for adult and children, also water bike pool, artificial lake and children playground.
The South Sea
The South Sea panorama is very beautiful and has seduced the attention of domestic and foreign tourists. The beautiful coasts are as follows: Tambak coast in Wonotirto subdistrict, Serang coast in Panggungrejo subdistrict, Jolosutro coast in Wates subdistrict, Gayasan coast in Bakung subdistrict.
TOMB OF BUNG KARNO
 The architectural “Joglo” dominates the tomb. It is in East Javanesse style and combined with Gateway of Bentar. The impression is as great as the first president himself when he was still alive. Located at Bendogerit village, Blitar. The tomb is visited by many pilgrims and opened for public.
The tourist attraction in Blitar municipality is the tomb of IR. SUKARNO, an Indonesian proclamator and the first President of the Republic of Indonesia. The average of the visitors amount to 150,000 per year including both domestic and foreign visitors.
Trisula Monument
The Trisula operation in the year of 1968 was done to destroy the remainder of the Communist party in South Blitar. This operation was so successful because of the good cooperation between the Indonesian Armed Force and the Indonesian citizens.
The spirit to destroy the communism in Indonesia has to be inherited to the coming generation, and this is the reason of the building of a monument, that is the “TRISULA MONUMENT”. ÂÂ
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The Environment
1. Geography and Climate
Geography
Blitar second level Regency is one of the second level regencies located between 111° 40′ - 112° 10′ East Longitude and 7° 09′ South latitude covering 1,588,79 km² with limits as follows:
- Northern part : Kediri and Malang regency
- Southern part : Indonesian Ocean
- Eastern part : Malang regency
- Western part : Tulungagung and Kediri
Climate
a. The highest temperature : 30°
b. The lowest temperature : 18°
c. The rainfall rates per year : 31.6 - 4000.846 m²
Land Area
Land area are 1,588.9 km² is seperated by Brantas river flowing from east to west. Northern part : 848.79 km, fertile land with declivity 0 - 2% kind of land are regosol, litosol, and main material volcanic of quartz sand smooth texture and little rough texture. Southern part : 690 km, kind of land are litosol, mediteran and renzina is on the declivity 5 - 40%.
Kind of land area as follow:
- Field 30.74%
- Forest 21.56%
- Houses 16.96%
- Plantation 8.48%
- Water 0.05%
- Others 0.66%
Land Structure and Elevation
Based on the topographic region of physical land in Blitar 2nd level regency is divided into 2 separated regions by the Brantas riverflowing from the East to the West.
In North Blitar regions has very fertile land types with the land declivity 0 - 2%. The Sorts of land consists of regosol and latosol with the main material of quartz sand covering 898.79 km². The Width of North Blitar region is 690 km and its topographic land condition has the declivity 2 - 2 % with the sorts of land consisting latosol, mediteran and renzina which are the main material lime stone in mediocre texture with the effective depth between 30 - 60%.
Altitude
a. The highest place: 800 m above sea level
b. The lowest place : 40 m above sea level
2. Land Use
The utilition of land in Blitar 2nd level regency can be outlined as follows:
- Technical irrigation rice field : 19,102,753 Ha
- Semi technical irrigation rice field : 5,171,367 Ha
- Non technical irrigation rice field : 6,327,729 Ha
- Rainy dependence rice field : 1,133,700 Ha
Land Structure condition:
- Rice field : 32,962,589 hecatres
- Dry rice field : 48,047,258 hectares
- Pond /Embankment : 136,040 hectares
- Housing : 27,761,934 hectares
- Plantation : 13,279,303 hectares
- People’s forest : 3,474,759 hectares
- State forest : 23,737,200 hectares
- Uncultivated land : 250,000 hectares
- Miscellaneous : 8,630,081 hectares
3. Administration
The regency of Blitar is devided into 5 district, with 21 sub district 220 village and 28 kelurahan. The geographical division of the 5 district and 21 sub district can be outlined as follows:
With the sub district sub district of Bakung, sub district of Sutojayan, sub district of Panggungrejo, sub district of Wates, sub district of Binangun, sub district of Kesamben, sub district of Doko, sub district of Wlingi, sub district of Talun, sub district of Kanigoro, sub district of Kademangan, sub district of Sanankulon, sub district of Srengat, sub district of Udanawu, sub district of Ponggok, sub district of Nglegok, sub district of Garum, sub district of Gandusari, sub district of Wonodadi, sub district of Selorejo, sub district of Wonotirto,
Population and Workforce
Population
The population registration at 1994 shows that the population in East Java increase from the mid 1994 to the mid l995.
The total population of the Blitar regency is 1,061,523 with number of men 526,390 and number of women 535,257 while, total of workforce 462,265
The activities in socializing orderliness, cleanliness, working spirit have been succesfully carried out in this city so that Blitar, since the last three year, has received awards in the orderliness of roads and traffic called Piala Wahana Tata Nugraha, a high appreciation from the President of the Republic of Indonesia. besides, other activity in maintaning the awards in city’s cleanliness and orderliness called Adipura awards have been achieved since the last 2 years.
Education
Number of elementary/primary school : 146,763 men
Number of yunior high school : 40,539 men
Number of senior high school : 11,037 men
Workforce
Workforce at the regency of Blitar as follows:
- Centre and local government civil servant 22,961
- Employee 152,467
- Labor at agriculture sector 97,792
- Militery 2,719
- Merchant 28,809
- Farmer 239,121
- Fisherman 1,602
- Other 3,855
Economic Performance
Growth Index of Regional Income
1992 / 1993 : 100.93%
1993 / 1994 : 106.06%
1994 / 1995 : 102.16%
Gross Regional Domestic Product and Income Per Capita
1994 / 1995 : Rp 352,948.93 (konstan ‘83)
Gross regional domestic product : Rp 894,790.77 (market price)
Income per capita : Rp 331,720.67 (konstan price) and Rp 844,235.42 (market price)
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