Editing Semarang (section)

{{Short description|City and capital of Central Java, Indonesia}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Semarang
| official_name            = City of Semarang<br />{{nobold|{{lang|id|Kota Semarang}}}}
| settlement_type          = [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|City]]
| image_skyline            = {{multiple image
 |perrow      = 1/2/2
 |border      = infobox
 |total_width = 300
 |image1      = Lawang_Sewu_in_Semarang_City.jpg
 |caption1    = [[Lawang Sewu]] and [[Tugu Muda]]
 |image2      = Gereja Blenduk.JPG
 |caption2    = [[Blenduk Church]]
 |image3      = Gedung Batu Temple Semarang (little cropped).jpg
 |caption3    = [[Sam Poo Kong]]
 |image5      = Great Mosque of Central Java, aerial view.jpg
 |caption5    = [[Great Mosque of Central Java]]
 |image4      = Pagoda (8093127992).jpg
 |caption4    = [[Vihara Buddhagaya Watugong]]
 }}
| image_flag               = Flag of Semarang City.png
| image_shield             = Lambang Kota Semarang.png
| nickname                 = ''Venetië van Java'', [[Lumpia]] City
| motto                    = '''Kota ATLAS''' <br /> acronym of ''Aman, Tertib, Lancar, Asri, Sehat'' <br /> (Secure, Orderly, Swift, Beautiful, Healthy)
| image_map                = Locator kota semarang.png
| mapsize                  = 
| map_caption              = Location within [[Central Java]]
| pushpin_map              = Indonesia_Java#Indonesia
| pushpin_label_position   = right
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in [[Java]] and [[Indonesia]]
| coordinates              = {{Coord|06|59|24|S|110|25|21|E|region:ID-JT|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{INA}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[Regions of Indonesia|Region]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Provinces of Indonesia|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Java]]
| subdivision_name2        = {{flag|Central Java}}
| established_title        = <!-- Settled -->
| established_date         = 
| established_title2       = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
| established_date2        = 
| established_title3       = <!-- Incorporated (city) -->
| established_date3        = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = [[Agustina Wilujeng Pramestuti]] ([[Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle|PDI-P]])
| leader_title2            = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name2             = [[Iswar Aminuddin]]
| leader_title3      = [[Regional House of Representatives|Legislature]] 
| leader_name3       = [[Semarang City Regional House of Representatives]]
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 373.78
| area_total_sq_mi         = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_land_sq_mi          = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_water_sq_mi         = 
| area_water_percent       = 
| area_urban_km2           = 
| area_urban_sq_mi         = 
| area_metro_km2           = 5453.99
| area_metro_sq_mi         = 
| population_total         = 1694740
| population_as_of         = mid 2023 estimate<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Semarang Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3374)</ref>
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = 
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| population_metro         = 6760538
| population_density_metro_km2 = auto
| population_density_metro_sq_mi = 
| population_demonym       = Semarangan
| population_note          = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2023">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kota Semarang Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3374)</ref>
| population_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Indonesia: Java Province (Regencies and Cities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=http://citypopulation.de/php/indonesia-jawatengah-reg-admin.php |access-date=2020-11-05 |website=citypopulation.de |archive-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619221704/https://www.citypopulation.de/php/indonesia-jawatengah-reg-admin.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| demographics_type1       = Demographics
| demographics1_title1     = {{nowrap|Ethnic groups}}
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal codes in Indonesia|Postcodes]]
| postal_code              = 
| area_code                = (+62) 24
| area_code_type           = [[Telephone numbers in Indonesia|Area code]]
| registration_plate_type  = [[Vehicle registration plates of Indonesia|Vehicle registration]]
| registration_plate       = H
| website                  = {{URL|semarangkota.go.id}}
| blank_name = Nominal [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]<ref name="jateng">{{Cite web|title=Provinsi Jawa Tengah Dalam Angka 2023|author=[[Statistics Indonesia|Badan Pusat Statistik Jawa Tengah]]|publisher=Badan Pusat Statistik|year=2023|location=Semarang|url=https://jateng.bps.go.id/publication/2024/02/28/980d120f5be18d6400c48b16/provinsi-jawa-tengah-dalam-angka-2024.html|website=jateng.bps.go.id|access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref>
| blank_info                   = 2023
| blank1_name                  = &nbsp;- Total
| blank1_info                  = {{increase}}[[Indonesian rupiah|Rp]] 248.902 trillion ([[List of Indonesian cities by GDP|5th]])<br />{{increase}}[[US$]] 16.330 billion <br />{{increase}}[[US$]] 52.298 billion ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]])
| blank2_name                  = &nbsp;- Per capita
| blank2_info                  = {{increase}}[[Indonesian rupiah|Rp]] 146,868 thousand ([[List of Indonesian cities by GDP|11th]])<br />{{increase}}[[US$]] 9,635 <br />{{increase}}[[US$]] 30,859 ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]])
| blank3_name        = &nbsp;- Metro
| blank3_info        = {{Increase}}[[Indonesian rupiah|Rp]] 449.096 trillion<br>{{Increase}}[[USD|US$]] 29.464 billion<br>{{Increase}}[[Int$]] 94.362 billion ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]])
| blank4_name                  = &nbsp;- Growth
| blank4_info                  = {{increase}} 6.0%
| blank5_name                  = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2024)
| blank5_info                  = {{increase}} 0.852 ([[List of Indonesian provinces by Human Development Index|6th]]) {{fontcolor|#007B00|very high}}
| demographics1_info1      = [[Javanese people|Javanese]] 94.24%<br /> [[Chinese Indonesian|Chinese]] 3.48%<br /> Others 2.28%
| demographics1_title2     = Religion (2024)
| demographics1_info2      = [[Islam]] 87,62%<br /> [[Christianity]] 11,74%<br /> - [[Protestant]] 6,81%<br /> - [[Roman Catholic]] 4,93%<br />[[Buddhism]] 0.58%<br />[[Hinduism]] 0.067%<br /> [[Confucianism]] and others 0.025%<ref name="ArcGIS Web Application">{{cite web | url=https://gis.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id/peta/ | title=ArcGIS Web Application }}</ref>
| unemployment_rate        = 
| timezone                 = [[Time in Indonesia|IWST]]
| utc_offset               = +7
| translit_lang1           = Other
| translit_lang1_type1     = [[Javanese script|Javanese]]
| translit_lang1_info1     = {{lang|jv-Java|ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ}}
}}

'''Semarang''' ([[Javanese script|Javanese]]: {{lang|jv-Java|ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ}}, ''Kutha Semarang'') is the capital and largest city of [[Central Java]] province in [[Indonesia]]. It was a major port during the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East Indies|colonial era]], and is still an important regional center and port today. The city has been named as the cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia by the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard (ACTCS) for 2020–2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/01/20/semarang-named-cleanest-tourist-destination-in-southeast-asia.html? |title=Semarang named cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |access-date=20 January 2020 |archive-date=20 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120132420/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/01/20/semarang-named-cleanest-tourist-destination-in-southeast-asia.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

It has an area of {{cvt|373.78|km2}} and had a population of 1,555,984 at the 2010 census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and 1,653,524 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> making it Indonesia's ninth most populous city<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dispendukcapil.semarangkota.go.id/statistik/jumlah-penduduk-kota-semarang/2015-10-11 |title=Jumlah Penduduk Kota Semarang |trans-title=Population of Semarang |date=October 2015 |publisher=Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil Kota Semarang |access-date=28 December 2016 |language=id |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807010808/http://dispendukcapil.semarangkota.go.id/statistik/jumlah-penduduk-kota-semarang/2015-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> after [[Jakarta]], [[Surabaya]], [[Bekasi]], [[Bandung]], [[Medan]], [[Depok]], [[Tangerang]] and [[Palembang]]; the official population estimate as at mid-2023 was 1,694,740, comprising 838,440 males and 856,310 females.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Semarang Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3374)</ref> The built-up [[urban area]] had 3,183,516 inhabitants at the 2010 census spread over two cities and 26 districts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/indonesia-jawa-admin.php |title=Indonesia: Java (Regencies, Cities and Districts) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=12 January 2016 |archive-date=25 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025180528/http://www.citypopulation.de/php/indonesia-jawa-admin.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Semarang metropolitan area]] (a.k.a. ''Kedungsepur'') has a population of over 6 million in 2020 (''see Greater Semarang section''). The population of the city is predominantly [[Javanese people|Javanese]] with significant [[Chinese Indonesians|Chinese]] presence.