Ungaran

Ungaran (Dutch: ''Oengaran'') is a town and adjacent areas in Central Java Province of Indonesia. The town serves as the administrative centre of the Semarang Regency in that province. Ungaran is located at -7° 8' 17", 110° 24' 18" at an elevation of 319 metres. It encompasses two districts (''kecamatan'') within the Regency - Ungaran Barat (West Ungaran) covering 35.96 km² with a population of 82,815 in 2024, and Ungaran Timur (East Ungaran) covering 37.99 km² with a population of 83,610 in 2024.

In the 19th century, defensive posts were established between Semarang and Surakarta to control the trade route between the two cities. A fort known as Fort Ontmoeting was established in Ungaran.

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'Fort 'De Ontmoeting' in Oengaran bij Semarang Midden-Java' TMnr 10002114.jpg|Fort Ontmoeting (Fort Willem II), where Prince Diponegoro was imprisoned while waiting for his judgment in Batavia and further exile to Makassar, Oengaran, Dutch East Indies. File:Brug naar het dorp Oengaran en op de achtergrond de Oengaran bij Semarang, KITLV 117603.tiff|Bridge to the village of Oengaran and Oengaran in the background near Samarang. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Landschap en desa in de omgeving van de vulkaan Ungaran op Midden Java TMnr 60010896.jpg|Landscape and villages near the Ungaran volcano in Central Java. |Aerial picture of Old Semarang area in the 1920s. File:De 1e klas van de kweekschool en een echtpaar te Oengaran bij Semarang, KITLV 116914.tiff|The first-year class of the Kweekschool in Oengaran. Provided by Wikipedia