Semarang

Semarang is located in the north center of Central Jawa Province, on the north coast Jawa Island, Indonesia. Its metropolitan population is 6.544 million,¹ with 1.556 million in the city limits.² The tallest building as of late 2017 is the Best Western Star Hotel & Apartment (29 stories, 381 feet, 2012).³ The city retained is importance as a port and regional administrative center after the islands gained independence. The city's Achmad Yani International Airport is one of the nation's busiest.⁴

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External references

The Mesjid Agung (mosque), Semarang, Central Jawa Province, Jawa island, Indonesia

Footnotes

1. 2010 census figure cited in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Indonesia, accessed February 14, 2017.
2. City populations are from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Indonesia, accessed February 14, 2017.
3. Emporis.com, accessed November 13, 2017.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Indonesia, accessed February 15, 2017; my criterion for inclusion was 1M passengers in 2015.