Kebumen Regency

Kebumen Regency Kabupaten Kebumen
Regency
Other transcription(s)
• Javanese	ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦩꦺꦤ꧀
Sempor Dam
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Bhumi tirta praja mukti (Earth and water is for people's prosperity)
Location within Central Java
Kebumen Regency Location in Java and Indonesia Show map of Java Kebumen Regency Kebumen Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 7°37′46″S 109°34′14″E / 7.62944°S 109.57056°E / -7.62944; 109.57056
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Java
Anniversary	August 21, 1629; 395 years ago (1629-08-21)
Capital	Kebumen
Government
• Regent	Arif Sugiyanto
• Vice Regent	Ristawati Purwaningsih
Area
• Total	1,281.115 km2 (494.641 sq mi)
Elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)
• Total	1,397,555
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
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Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Javanese Chinese Arabs Sundanese Melanesians
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Standard Time)
Area code	(+62) 287
Vehicle registration	AA
Languages	Indonesian Javanese Chinese English (by the expat community) Many other Indonesian languages
Website	www.kebumenkab.go.id

Kebumen Regency (Javanese: ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦩꦺꦤ꧀, romanized: Kêbumèn) is a regency in the southern part of the Indonesian province of Central Java. It covers an area of 1,281.115 km² and had a population of 1,159,926 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 1,350,438 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,397,555 (comprising 708,362 males and 689,193 females).^[1] Its capital is the large town of Kebumen.

There is an area in this regency which is used for geology research, namely Karangsambung.^[4]