CHARACTERISTIC OF D.I.

YOGYAKARTA PROVINCE

A. Background 1. Geographic Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) Province is one of the 33 provinces of Indonesia and lies in Middle Java. DIY Province is bordered by the Indonesian Ocean to the south, and is for the rest surrounded by Central Java Province, bordering: to the north east Klaten Regency to the south east Wonogiri Regency to the west Purworejo Regency to the north west Magelang Regency Southern Mountains, area : + 1,656.25 km2, height : 150 700 m Mount Merapi, area : + 582.81 km2, height : 80 2,911 m. Mainland between Southern Mountains and Kulonprogo Mountains, area : + 215.62 km2, height : 0 80 m. Kulonprogo Mountains and South Mainland, area : +706.25 km2, height :0572 m DIY Province lies between 7.33 - 8.12 South Latitude and 110.00 - 10.50 East Longitude of Greenwich, has an area of 3,185.80 km or 0.17 percent of Indonesia area (1,890,754 km). It is the smallest province after Daerah Khusus Ibukota (DKI) Jakarta Province, and consists of : Kulonprogo Regency, with area 586.27 km (18.40 percent) Bantul Regency, with area 506.85 km (15.91 percent) Gunungkidul Regency, with area 1,485.36 km (46.63 percent) Sleman Regency, with area 574.82 km (18.04 percent) Yogyakarta City, with area 32.50 km (1.02 percent)

Based on physiographical data, DIY Province consists of: -

DIY Province has tropical climate with average rainfalls is about 0.00mm 390.60mm, influenced by dry season and rainy season. According to the Meteorology Station of Adisutjipto the average temperature in Yogyakarta during 2011 was recorded to be 26.5C, It is lower than average temperature during 2010 which recorded 27.7 C, with the maximum temperature is 34.7C and the minimum temperature is 20.7C.

2. Socio-economic a. Population Based on the result of National Survey in 2010, number of population in DIY Province was recorded 3,457,491 persons, consisting of 50.57 percent female and 49.43 percent male. Percentage of urban populations is 2,297,261 persons (66.44 percent) and rural population is 1,160,230 persons (33.56 percent). Percentage distribution of population by district varied from the lowest which is 11.24 percent in Yogyakarta City to the highest which is 31.62 percent in Sleman Regency.. With the total area of DIY Province is 3,185.80 km2, population density in 2010 is 1,104 persons per km2 and the growth rate of population is 1.04 percent per year. The highest population density occurs in Yogyakarta City that is around 13,880 persons with an area of around 1 percent of total area of DIY Province. On the contrary, the Gunungkidul Regency has the lowest population density of 461.31 persons per square kilometer with an area of 46.63 percent of the total area of DIY Province. Based on National Socio-Economic Survey, the highest percentage of DIY Province population by age group are the productive and old people, there are 10.53 percent of the population in 20 24 years old and 13.65 percent in 60 years and over. The high proportion of old people population shows that population of DIY Province tends to have a high expectation of life.

b. Economy Base on Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) at 2000 constant prices, economic growth of DIY Province in 2008 was recorded around 5.02 percent and it is higher than previous year that reached around 4.31 percent. Some interesting illustration about the situation of DIY Province economics in 2008: there are positive growth rates in all sectors except for mining and construction. Trade, Hotels and Restaurants sector gets the highest growth of 19.52 percent. Agriculture sector and Services sector get positive growth around 17.35 percent and 15.99 percent. Meanwhile, in this year manufacturing sector get positive growth of around 13.16 percent. Electric, Gas and Water sector and Mining contribute only 0.86 percent and 0.72 percent respectively. Besides that, Manufacturing sector and Trade, Hotels, Restaurant sector that became accelerators of economic growth have a positive growth of 0.95 percent, an increase from the previous year. While the contribution of

manufacturing sector is lower than contributions of Agriculture sector and Services sector, manufacturing is a potential sector to encourage economic growth. GRDP at constant price 2000 of DIY Province reached 19,209,746 million Rupiahs in 2008, GRDP per capita recorded 5.538 million rupiahs. Compared to 2007 GRDP per capita, 2008 GRDP per capita has increased around 0.96 percent. The data of GRDP at constant price 2000 of Province can be seen clearly at the table follows:

GRDP OF D.I. Yogyakarta Province Year 2004-2008 (million rupiah) ( Constant Price year 2000 Based on Main Industries)
Sectors Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Electric, Gas and Water Construction Trade, Hotels and Rest. Transport. and Comm. Finance Services Total of GRDP Number of Population GRDP per Capita 2004 3,052,935 120,441 2,400,776 144,845 1,284,471 3,279,424 1,582,194 1,500,542 2,780,796 16,146,424 3,220,808 5,013,159 2005 3,185,771 122,332 2,463,230 153,115 1,395,079 3,444,828 1,673,352 1,623,210 2,849,959 16,910,876 3,365,500 5,024,774 2006 3,306,928 126,137 2,481,167 152,862 1,580,312 3,569,622 1,761,672 1,591,885 2,965,164 2007 3,333,382 138,358 2,528,020 165,772 1,732,945 3,750,365 1,875,307 1,695,163 3,072,200 2008 3,599,888 134,928 2,656,739 178,105 1,673,111 3,914,271 1,994,241 1,832,327 3,226,136 19,209,746 3,468,500 5,538,344

17,535,749 18,291,512 3,400,100 3,434,500 5,157,422 5,325,815