Editing Central Java (section)

=== Ethnicity ===
{{See also|Javanese people}}
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|label2 = [[Sundanese people|Sundanese]]
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|label3 = [[Chinese Indonesians|Chinese]]
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At approximately 98%, [[Javanese people]] form the overwhelming majority of the population, and a minority of the [[Sundanese people]].<ref name="Ethnic-Java">{{cite book|title=Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|year=2003}}</ref> Central Java is known as the centre of Javanese culture. The cities of Surakarta and Yogyakarta are the centres of the Javanese royal palace that still stands today.

Significant minority ethnic groups include the [[Chinese Indonesians]]. They usually reside in urban areas, although they are also found in rural areas. In general, they primarily work in trade and services. Many speak the Javanese language with sufficient fluency as they have lived alongside the Javanese. One can feel the strong influence in Semarang and the town of Lasem in [[Rembang Regency]], which is on the northeastern tip of Central Java. Even Lasem is nicknamed ''Le petit chinois'' or the Small Chinese City. The urban areas that are densely populated by [[Chinese Indonesians]] are called ''[[pecinan]]'', which means "[[Chinatown]]". Additionally, in several major cities, the [[Arab Indonesians|Arab-Indonesian]] community can also be found. Similar to the Chinese community, they are usually engaged in trade and services.

In areas bordering the province of West Java, there are Sundanese people and Sundanese culture, especially in the Cilacap, Brebes, and Banyumas regions.  Sundanese toponyms are common in these regions such as [[Dayeuhluhur]] in Cilacap, Ciputih and Citimbang in Brebes and even Cilongok as far away in Banyumas.<ref>Sundanese toponyms often begins with the [[morpheme]] ''ci-'', which means "river" or "water" {{cite web|url=http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/Indonesia_Names_Standardization_Policy1.0.pdf|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614232851/http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/Indonesia_Names_Standardization_Policy1.0.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=26 April 2007}}. ''Dayeuh'' is a Sundanese word which means ''region'', q.v. F.S. Eringa ''Soendaas-Nederlands woordenboek'' (1984)</ref> In the interior of [[Blora Regency|Blora]], which borders East Java, there is an isolated [[Saminism Movement|Samin community]], the case of which is almost the same as the [[Baduy people]] in [[Banten]].<!--One of the popular Pecinan in Central Java is Jalan Pemuda and its surrounding in [[Magelang]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}-->