Origin of the name of Pekalongan as expressed by the people from generation to generation, there are several versions. One of them is mentioned in the Baurekso become Regent Pekalongan and also as The kingdom of Mataram. In the year 1628 he obtained the command of Sultan Agung to the Dutch army in Batavia. And he fought hard, and even be imprisoned as beginning with the bat / bats (Java language: topo ngalong) in the forest Gambiran (now: Gambaran village). Be imprisoned in that told Baurekso ribbing and disturbed soldiers invisible messenger Goddess long and tapering, but it does not even work long and tapering Dewi Baurekso made as his wife. Since that time, the region is famous by the name of Pekalongan. In the other version mentioned that the name also comes from the Pekalongan words Apek and Along (Java language: Apek (search), along (a lot). This is related with the sea in Pekalongan region's rich fish results.
Pekalongan City is one of the 35 City / District Region in Central Java Province. In the development towards free competition, the City continues to explore Pekalongan potential that exists. During this Pekalongan city was known as the CITY BATIK which is the production and sales centers of Batik in the large scale that has been reaching out to National and International Market. Pekalongan city can be said has been one of the city for the reference products Batik, both National and International This case has been built with a museum of Batik by National President of the Republic of Indonesia (Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) on 12 July 2006. In addition to Batik Pekalongan City also has the potential business in the field of fisheries with the fishing port of the archipelago had been the center of the largest fish in Indonesia, the other is the potential residual Historic Buildings, Shopping Tour, the Religious Arts, Tourism Kencana sand beaches and beautiful coastal Slamaran The Hot and Tirta Earth. In the city of Pekalongan. Pekalongan community consists of various ethnic, the ethnic majority, and in ethnic Chinese and Arabic. Since the first City of Pekalongan that the majority are very religious Islam, known in the running of daily life. Religious nature of which is seen on Friday in the general field of business close, many schools and non-formal education is to teach and maintain the teachings of Islamic Art and Islamic Culture. Ethnic Chinese community which is quite diffuse and has also bred to maintain the ethnic culture that they bring from its ancestor. This can be seen with the houses of worship and the arts community and the Buddhist culture that is still kept. Social life and spur economic growth in many areas of business and other needs of life, including in the field of tourism. With the need to use all resources and to increase local income, expand employment, opportunity and try to introduce tourism potential, the Municipality of Pekalongan need to improve the tourism development program through the utilization and management of tourism and new tourism digging existing It has not yet been developed.
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