Kartasura ꦏꦂꦠꦱꦸꦫ | |
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District (Kecamatan) | |
![]() Kartasura district office | |
Location in
Java | |
Coordinates: 7°34′27″S 110°47′8″E / 7.57417°S 110.78556°E | |
Country | Indonesia |
Region | Java |
Province | Central Java |
Regency | Sukoharjo |
Kartasura ( Javanese: ꦏꦂꦠꦱꦸꦫ, also spelled Kartosuro) is a district (kecamatan) in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. [1] [2] Kartasura is considered Surakarta's satellite city and a junction of highways to Yogyakarta and Semarang. It can be reached within minutes southward of Surakarta's Adisumarmo International Airport.
In the seventeenth century Kartasura was the capital of the Sultanate of Mataram between 1680 and 1755. This time period is commonly referred to as the Kartasura era or period of the Mataram sultanate—it preceded the transfer to Surakarta by Pakubuwana II.
There were considerable problems for the sultanate in this era:
There are 2 palace sites, Kartasura Palace at Kartasura subdistrict (kelurahan) and Pajang Palace ruin at Makamhaji subdistrict.