Wonogiri Regency is a regency () in the southeastern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It is bordered to the north by Sukoharjo Regency and Karanganyar Regency, to the east by East Java Province (mainly Pacitan Regency), to the south by the Indian Ocean, and to the west by the Special Region of Yogyakarta. It covers an area of 1,905.75 km2, and its population was 928,904 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,043,177 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 1,057,045 (comprising 527,157 males and 529,888 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Wonogiri Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312) The capital and largest town is Wonogiri, around 33 km southeast of the large Central Java metropolis of Surakarta. The regency includes the large Gajah Mungkur Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Solo River, with a surface area of 88 km2.
Administrative districts Wonogiri Regency is divided into twenty-five administrative districts (Indonesian: kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Wonogiri Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 251 rural desa and 43 urban kelurahan), and its post code.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Area inkm2 Pop'nCensus2010 Pop'nCensus2020 Pop'nEstimatemid 2025Admincentre No.ofkelu-rahan No. ofdesa Postcode 33.12.01 Pracimantoro Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Pracimantoro Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312010 144.51 58,89265,41465,545Pracimantoro11757664 33.12.24 Paranggupito (a) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Paranggupito Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312020 64.44 16,53317,76017,789Paranggupito-857679 33.12.02 Giritontro Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Giritontro Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312030 56.28 19,28520,46520,499Giritontro2557678 33.12.03 Giriwoyo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Giriwoyo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312040 107.01 35,88338,95339,018Girowoyo21457675 33.12.04 Batuwarno Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Batuwarno Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312050 55.72 16,90717,88917,919Batuwarno1757674 33.12.23 Karangtengah Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Karangtengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312060 89.79 22,03123,57923,618Karangtengah-557677 33.12.05 Tirtomoyo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tirtomoyo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312070 99.54 48,65254,00154,091Tirtomoyo21257672 33.12.06 Nguntoronadi Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Nguntoronadi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312080 65.93 22,64824,71524,546Kedungrejo2957671 33.12.07 Baturetno Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Baturetno Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312090 69.93 44,32047,71147,790Baturetno-1357673 33.12.08 Eromoko Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Eromoko Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312100 123.74 40,54443,95744,030Eromoko21357663 33.12.09 Wuryantoro Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Wuryantoro Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312110 62.71 25,47626,49126,535Wuryantoro2657661 33.12.10 Manyaran Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Manyaran Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312120 81.40 33,86835,93035,990Karanglor2557662 33.12.11 Selogiri Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Selogiri Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312130 51.16 37,83046,47448,894Kaliancar11057652 33.12.12 Wonogiri Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Wonogiri Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312140 (district) 84.59 77,27186,43786,907Giripurwo6957611- 57615 33.12.13 NgadirojoBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Ngadirojo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312150 93.95 52,83159,64360,235Ngadirojo Kidul2957681 33.12.14 Sidoharjo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Sidoharjo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312160 59.51 39,33242,83143,064Sidoharjo21057682 33.12.15 Jatiroto Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jatiroto Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312170 71.06 35,62341,23042,144Jatiroto21357692 33.12.16 Kismantoro (b) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kismantoro Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312180 75.66 35,50540,20040,616Kismantoro2857696 33.12.17 Purwantoro (b) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Purwantoro Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312190 62.55 48,04855,88557,259Bangsri21357695 33.12.18 Bulukerto (b) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Bulukerto Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312200 44.38 28,85433,79334,740Bulurejo1957697 33.12.25 Puhpelem (b) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Puhpelem Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312201 32.34 18,94721,14421,235Puhpelem1557698 33.12.19 Slogohimo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Slogohimo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312210 69.64 45,10752,37853,623Slogohimo21557694 33.12.20 Jatisrono Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jatisrono Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312220 56.03 56,13363,19663,738Jatisrono21557691 33.12.21 Jatipurno Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jatipurno Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312230 60.98 30,69937,53239,394Jatipurno2957693 33.12.22 Girimarto Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Girimarto Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3312240 62.06 37,68545,56947,576Tambakmerang21257683 Totals 1,905.75928,9041,043,1771,057,045Wonogiri43251
Notes: (a) Paranggupito District includes the whole of the Regency's sea coast (off the southern coast of Java). (b) these four districts form a salient stretching eastwards into East Java Province.
The 43 kelurahan comprise 1 in Pracimantoro District (Gedong), 2 in Giritontro District (Bayemharjo and Giritontro), 2 in Giriwoyo District (Girikikis and Giriwoyo), 1 in Batuwarno District (Selopuro), 2 in Tirtomoyo District (Ngarjosari and Tirtomoyo), 2 in Nguntoronadi District (Beji and Kedungrejo), 2 in Eromoko District (Ngadirejo and Puloharjo), 2 in Wuryantoro District (Mojopuro and Wuryantoro), 2 in Manyaran District (Pagutan and Punduhsari), 1 in Selogiri District (Kaliancar), 6 in Wonogiri District (Giripurwo, Giritirto, Giriwono, Wonoboyo, Wonokarto and Wuryorejo), 2 in Ngadirojo District (Kasihan and Mlokomanis Kulon), 2 in Sidoharjo District (Kayuloko and Sidoharjo), 2 in Jatiroto District (Jatiroto and Sanggrong), 2 in Kismantoro District (Gesing and Kismantoro), 2 in Purwantoro District (Purwantoro and Tegalrejo), 1 in Bulukerto District (Bulukerto), 1 in Puhpelem District (Giriharjo), 2 in Slogohimo District (Bulusari and Karang), 2 in Jatisrono District (Pelem and Tanjungsari), 2 in Jatipurno District (Balepanjang and Jatipurno), and 2 in Girimarto District (Gemawang and Sidokarto).
Agriculture
Wonogiri Regency is an area of agriculture and plantation, so most of people in the regency work as farmers. Generally, all areas of the regency produce much agriculture and plantation output. Casava, cacao, and cashew are examples of the plantation output that are relatively good. Wonogiri also has many special foods. They include nasi tiwul, emping, bakso, mie ayam, gudangan, etc.in addition Wonogiri popular with their Jamu (traditional Medicine) such as Air Mancur, which is located near terminal of bus in Wonokarto, Wonogiri.beside those in recent year *2017, The special product of fruit is melon, it is very popular and developed by the Wonogiri government "Kembangkan Pariwisata, Disbudparpora Gandeng ASITA", Solo Pos, accessed Oktober 2011
Topography Most of Wonogiri Regency's area is rocky and hilly due to its location on the Sewu highlands. Since these highlands are of the karst type, many caves can easily be found in Wonogiri Regency and at least 41 caves have been discovered so far starting with the famous Song Gilap cave, Song Putri cave at Pracimantoro, Ngantap cave, Putri Kencana cave at Giritontro and including many unnamed caves all over the regency.
Wonogiri Regency also has a dam called Gajah Mungkur Dam which has three main functions; as a power plant to produce Hydroelectricity; to provide water for rice fields around Bengawan Solo River through irrigation programs; and for tourism. The dam has created a reservoir covering 88 km2 which lies 6 km south of Wonogiri town.
Notable landmarks Notable landmarks include: Gajah Mungkur Dam (Waduk Gajah Mungkur) Sembukan beach in Paranggupito District Nampu beach in Paranggupito District Kahyangan waterfall in Tirtomoyo District Kethu forest in Wonogiri District Putri Kencana cave in Pracimantoro District Girimanik waterfall in Slogohimo District Nggaguk Tirta Lestari swimming pool, cafe, restaurant in Jatisrono District Seper forest at Jatipurno Paragliding (Indonesian: Gantole) sports site nearby Gajah Mungkur dam Off-Roading nearby Gajah Mungkur dam Plinteng Semar Miracle Stone in Wonogiri District Gunung Kembar Gandul a small mountain in Wonogiri District Gunung Pegat Small Mountain at Ngadiroyo, Nguntoronadi District Gunung Kencur Small Mountain at Ngadiroyo, Nguntoronadi District
Transportation Wonogiri railway station Giri Adipura bus terminal
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