Rembang Regency


Rembang Regency is a regency on the extreme northeast coast of Central Java Province, on the island of Java at the Java Sea, in Indonesia.

Geography

The regency covers an area of 887.13 km2 on Java. Its capital city is Rembang.
It is a lowland, with a maximum elevation of about above sea level.
The Solo River flows through its inland section.
The regency is crossed by the North Coast Road, an inter-province main road on the island.

Borders

Rembang Regency is bordered by:
At the 2010 Census it had a population of 591,359 people. The 2014 official estimate gave a population of 598,612.

Lasem

During the colonial Dutch East Indies period, the area was known as Lasem.
The Han family of Lasem was a prominent Chinese immigrant family of colonial government bureaucrats and landlords in the area.
man's head cloth from 1880s Lasem.