Blitar Regency (Javanese: ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦧꦶ ꧀ꦭꦠꦂ) is a regency in East Java, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,558.79 km2 and had a population of 1,116,639 at the 2010 Census and 1,223,745 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,261,699 (comprising 633,732 males and 627,967 females). These figures exclude Blitar city, which is now a separate administrative entity, enclaved within the regency but completely independent from it.
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Balitar Islamic University is one of the popular universities in Blitar City, East Java, Indonesia. This private university was founded at September 5, 2003 under the auspices of the Bina Citra Anak Bangsa foundation. Campus which based on Islamic boarding educational this have a purpose to be entrepreneurial university. Entrepreneurial university is a university that has an entrepreneurial spirit and mindset where the activities carried out are oriented towards innovation, value creation and beneficial impacts for the entire community. Higher education institutions have a responsibility to contribute to the economic and social well-being of their communities.
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SMA Negeri 1 Blitar, also known as SMASA, is a public senior high school which is located at Jalan A. Yani 112 Blitar, East Java, Indonesia. This school was established on August 22, 1955, occupying a former Dutch school building, the Noormal School I.
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SMP Negeri 1 Blitar is a public junior high school which is located at Jalan A. Yani 8 Blitar, East Java, Indonesia. This school was established on August 19, 1946, occupying a former Dutch school building, the Hollandsch-Inlandsche School.
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The Grave of Sukarno, Indonesia's first president, is located in Blitar, East Java. Initially an ordinary grave where he was buried shortly after his death, a mausoleum was constructed in the late 1970s and the site evolved into a political and religious pilgrimage site, receiving hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
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Gelora Supriyadi Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Blitar, Indonesia. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people.
It is the home base of PSBK Blitar and Blitar United, and also a home base of Arema since 2024, 2 years after the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster.
Since 2010, the regency's capital has been located in the town of Kanigoro, after sharing the same capital with Blitar city for more than a century.