Surakarta or Solo, is a town in Central Java province, Indonesia. In Indonesia, Surakarta is the tenth largest city (after the Yogyakarta). East side of this city who passed the river in one of the songs terabadikan keroncong, Solo. The city was formerly also the seat of the prefect, who oversees the residency of Surakarta in the early days of independence. Resident positions are now abolished and replaced with the "governor's aide for the Surakarta area." Surakarta has the motto of which is the acronym of vibrantly Clean, Healthy, Neat and Beautiful. For the purposes of tourism marketing, tourism slogan Solo, Solo took the Spirit of Java that is expected to build the image of the city of Solo as a center of Javanese culture.
Solo city located about 65 km northeast of Yogyakarta and 100 km southeast of Semarang. Location This city located in the lowlands (almost 100m above sea level) is flanked to the west of Mount Merapi and Mount Lawu to the east. Farther south lies Sewu Mountains. On the east flows the Solo and in the north flowing Kali Pepe, which is part of the Solo River Basin.
Solo is sandy soil with high mineral composition of young people as a result of volcanic activity of the two volcanoes that have been mentioned above. This composition, coupled with relatively abundant water availability, causing lowland is very good for cultivation of food crops, vegetables, and industries such as tobacco and sugarcane. However, since last 20 years of manufacturing and tourism industry booming, so many changes in the allotment of land for industrial activity and residential population.
After you have known a little about Solo, this blog had given many shopping areas that you can visit to Solo city, they are Klewer market, Triwindu Antique Market, PGS (Solo Wholesale Market Center), Beteng Trade Center, Gede Market, Gladak Book Market, Solo Grand Mall, Solo Square, Solo Laweyan Batik Village, Kauman Batik Village, etc.
Look at the Solo-Surakarta map below:
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