Surakarta

[soo r-uh-kahr-tuh]

noun

a city on central Java, in central Indonesia.

Formerly Solo.

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The palaces of the old sultans of Cheribon are less extensive than those of Surakarta and Jokjakarta.
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A new impulse to the growth of the town was given by the opening of the railway to Surakarta and Jokjakarta in 1875.
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East of Surakarta the percentages of land on the south coast under cultivation decline from 30 to 20 and 10.
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British Dictionary definitions for surakarta

Surakarta

noun

a town in Indonesia, on central Java: textile manufacturing. Pop: 516 500 (1995 est)Former spelling: Soerakarta

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