BATU TRAVEL

Since the 10 century, Batu city and its surroundings have known as the resort for family, because the region is mountain area with the ruthless of balmy air, also supported by the beauty of nature as a mountain area. When it was led by King Sindok ( Mpu Sendok), an empire member named Mpu Supo is governed by King Sendok to build a family resort monarchic in a mountain, which is near to the wellspring. With all of the effort, to found a resort like the one that wanted by the King, finally Mpu Supo found an area in Songgoriti area which now has know as Songgoriti tourism area. The King was agreed with that area and Mpu Supo, which has miraculous power, started to build the Songgoriti area as the family resort monarchic and he also build a temple called Supo temple.

As the King desire that resort had intended to have a wellspring, hence in the resort, there is a wellspring that flowing cold and cool as a wellspring in mountain area. The cool wellspring is often applied to clean “Keris” (the traditional Javanese knife), which is sacred as patrimony object from Sendok empire. Because of the wellspring that has often applied to clean sacred empire objects and have strength of supernatural, (Magic) extremely great. Finally, the wellspring that is initially felt cold and cool finally turn into warm temperature water. Moreover, the warm temperature water, now become the endless of source in Songgoriti area tourism.

Batu city are, which located in plateau in hillside Panderman with height of 700 to 1100 meters above sea level, based on the old fellow stories, document and also had traced about the existence, now have not known yet about his certainty time about the name of “B A T U" start called as named the health resort area. From some prominent local publics of course have ever told that the naming of Batu was come from name of a follower Moslem scholar Prince Diponegoro which so called Abu Ghonaim or conceived of Kyai Gubug Angin, that later on chummy local public had call him with “Mbah Wastu”. From the habit of Java culture that is often to cut short and take a short cut about the naming of someone name who felt too length, finally by the degrees of Mbah Wastu is called Mbah Tu to become mBatu or Batu as a mention that being applied for the ‘Cold City’ in East Java.

GEOGRAPHICALLY
Geographically, Batu city is lay in 7º44'55,11" up to 8º26'35,45" South Latitude and 122º17'10,90" up to 122º57'00,00" East Longitudes. Meanwhile, the boundaries of Batu city are:
o Southside: Dau District and Wagir District
o Westside: Pujon District
o Eastside: Karangploso District and Dau District
o North side: Mojokerto regency and Prigen District

THE WIDE AREA
Batu city is one part of the East Java Province, it have 202,800 km2 or equal to 20,280 ha width, the number of residents in Batu city in 2002 is 163393 men, with density 806 men/km ( BPS KOTA BATU 2002).

TOPOGRAPHY
The situation of topography in Batu city have two different characteristics, that is north side and west is hilly and surging height area, while east area and south is area that is relatively flat though still residing in at height of 700 m from sea level.

CLIMATOLOGY
Climatology situation of Batu city have a minimum of 24-18ºC temperature and 32-28ºC maximum temperature. It dampness of surrounding air 75-98% and the rainfall average of 298 mm/month with day rain average of 6 day/month, so that Batu city don't have any change of drastic season between the dry seasons and rainy average of ranging from 200C-240C ideal temperature to support the agricultural activity.

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No : P4/990/kwl.Batu/Bd.1.I/2007 For more information about products and services please contact Batu Travel at:  Internet Consulting Jalan Songgoriti XI, Batu, Malang Malang-Indonesia 65301... more