Kabupaten Ponorogo


Terletak pada koordinat 111 17 - 111 52 Bujur Timur dan 7 49 - 8 20 Lintang Selatan dengan ketinggian antara 92 sampai dengan 2.563 meter diatas permukaan laut dan memiliki luas wilayah 1.371,78 km2, Kabupaten Ponorogo semakin tenar dengan kesenian Reog nya yang tak lekang dimakan jaman.

Kabupaten Ponorogo berbatasan langsung dengan Kabupaten Madiun, Magetan dan Nganjuk di utara; Kabupaten Pacitan di selatan; Kabupaten Pacitan dan Kabupaten Wonogiri di barat serta Kabupaten Tulungagung dan Trenggalek di timur.

Secara geografi, Kota Reog ini terbagi dalam dua sub are, yaitu dataran rendah dan dataran tinggi. Dari segi geografi itulah, Ponorogo memiliki banyak potensi untuk dikunjungi sebagai obyek wisata.

Dalam sejarahnya, menurut Babad Ponorogo, Kabupaten ini berdiri sejak seorang tokoh bernama Raden Katong tiba di wilayah Wengker dan memilih tempat tersebut untuk di jadikan pemukiman. Wilyah awal tersebut, yang sekarang adalah dusun Plampitan, Kelurahan Setono, Kecamatan Jenangan.

Setelah beberapa waktu berdiri, Kadipaten Ponorogo berdiri pada tanggal 11 Agustus 1496, dan yang kemudian menjadi hari jadi Kota Ponorogo. Pada tahun 1837, Kadipaten Ponorogo pindah dari Kota Lama ke Kota Tengah menjadi Kabupaten Ponorogo hingga sekarang.

Berbagai aspek yang ada di dalam Kabupaten Ponorogo akan menarik untuk di eksplor, seprti obyek wisata budaya, industri, wisata alam, wisata religius hingga wisata kuliner.

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The Mystical Art Dance Of Reog Ponorogo

Reog Ponorogo Reog is a traditional dance that becomes the main identity from Ponorogo regency. By this traditional culture, Ponorogo is also famous as Reog city. This kind of traditional art dance and theatre has been popular in Indonesian even worldwide. Reog National Festival is being held every years along the anniversary of Ponorogo regency and followed by Grebeg Suro celebration. According to the background of the study, Reog is telling about the struggle of a prince who proposing his lovely pretty princess. This dance is staged about 25 –…


The Traditional Art Dance Of Reog Ponorogo

Reog Ponorogo Reog is a traditional dance that becomes the main identity from Ponorogo regency. By this traditional culture, Ponorogo is also famous as Reog city. This kind of traditional art dance and theater has been popular in Indonesian even worldwide. Reog National Festival is being held every years along the anniversary of Ponorogo regency and followed by Grebeg Suro celebration. According to the background of the study, Reog is telling about the struggle of a prince who proposing his lovely pretty princess. This dance is staged about 25 –…


Grebeg Suro Ponorogo

Grebeg Ponorogo Is the biggest culture event in Ponorogo regency that held on a certain occasion of welcomed Islam New Year or Saka New Year that often known as one suro date (one of Javanese month). This agenda entered East Java tourism calendar (Calendar of event). Grebeg Suro is the ritual culture incident and became the party site of Ponorogo people. Usually it begun a week before 1 Suro. It is the series of Grebeg Suro agenda is Reog National festival, various good activity sorts the race and the exhibition…


Reog Ponorogo

Reog Ponorogo Reog is a traditional dance that become the main identity for Ponorogo regency. Because of this, Ponorogo is also known as Reog city. This theatre has been known wide in Indonesian even foreign tourists. Reog National Festival is held every years along the anniversary of Ponorogo regency and Grebeg Suro celebration. Reog dance is also staged full moon nightly in paseban, Ponorogo Town Square. Reog told about the struggle for a prince who will propose to a lovely pretty princess . This dance is staged about 25 –…


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