Temanggung Regency

Temanggung Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Temanggung) is an inland regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 870.65 km² and had a population of 708,546 at the 2010 Census and 790,174 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 814,879, comprising 409,118 males and 405,761 females; it was projected to rise to 821,118 at mid 2025. Its capital is the town of Temanggung.

All travellers going to the Dieng temple complex from Yogya or Semarang have to pass through this regency.

Temanggung Regency is famous for longan, a small sweet fruit that is harvested in January and February.

Temanggung Regency is located on the volcanic Dieng Plateau with an average elevation between 500 and 1450 metres, although the more northern districts (kecamatan listed at the bottom end of the table below) lie off the plateau in the plains to the north. It is landlocked. The volcanoes Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing rise on its border with the Wonosobo Regency. Its major drainage system is the Progo River and its tributaries.

It is bordered by:

Temanggung Regency is divided into the following twenty districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates projected as at mid-2025. The table also includes the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 266 rural desa and 23 urban kelurahan), and their postcodes.

Notes: (a) including two kelurahan - Parakan Wetan and Parakan Kauman. (b) comprising nineteen kelurahan (Banyuurip, Butuh, Giyanti, Jampirejo, Jampiroso, Jurang, Kebonsari, Kertosari, Kowangan, Madureso, Manding, Mungseng, Purworejo, Sidorejo, Temanggung I, Temanggung II, Tlogorejo, Walitelon Selatan and Walitelon Utara) and 6 desa. (c) including one kelurahan - Kranggan. (d) including one kelurahan - Manggong. All districts bear the same name as their administrative centres, except Parakan District (of which the centre is Parakan Wetan) and Temanggung District (of which the centre is Jampirejo).

The major towns of Temanggung Regency, aside from the capital of Temanggung, include Candiroto, Jumo, Kaloran, Kandangan, Kranggan, Muntung, Ngadirejo, Parakan, and Tretep.