- Pemalang Regency
Pemalang is a regency ( _id. kabupaten) in north coast of
Central Java province inIndonesia . Its capital is Pemalang.Like the larger cities of
Tegal , to its west, andPekalongan , to the east, Pemalang was dominated in the nineteenth century bysugar production. The area was known for its fertile soil, which had made it a rich rice-growing region. By the end of the nineteenth century the coastal plain, the most fertile part of the regency, was almost completely used for sugar cultivation, divided among five major plantations. Under the Japanese occupation duringWorld War II , Pemalang's fertility provided needed rice for the Japanese war effort. The occupiers set high quotas for production, causing food shortages because little was left to remain in the village after meeting the quota.References
*Lucas, Anton (1977). [http://cip.cornell.edu/Dienst/UI/1.0/Summarize/seap.indo/1107119360 Social revolution in Pemalang, Central Java, 1945] . "Indonesia" 24:87-122.
External links
* [http://www.pemalang.go.id/ Government of the Regency of Pemalang] - in Indonesian
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