Ponorogo

Ponorogo is a regency in East Java, Indonesia. Ponorogo Regency is the home of Reog and it is also known as the place of origin of satay.

Topography
Ponorogo Regency has an area of 1,371.78 km² with an altitude between above sea level. It is divided into 2 subareas, namely the highland area (includes the Districts of Ngrayun, Sooko, Pulung, and Ngebel), and the rest is a lowland area.

Climate
Ponorogo Regency has a tropical climate with two seasons, dry and rainy. The highest rainfall occurs in December, January and February. The lowest rainfall occurs in July, August and September. The temperature in Ponorogo Regency throughout the year is relatively the same with the average temperature of 26.4 and the lowest average temperature of 21.6, and the average rainfall is 1,833 mm.

Intercity bus
Headquartered at the, intercity buses connect Ponorogo with other major cities in East Java. Some of the most popular lines in Ponorogo are:
 * 1) Ponorogo - Surabaya, served by Restu, Jaya, Mandala, and several other intercity bus fleets
 * 2) Ponorogo - Trenggalek - Tulungagung - Blitar, served by the Jaya bus fleet
 * 3) Ponorogo - Ngawi, served by the Cendana bus fleet
 * 4) Ponorogo - Pacitan, served by various bus fleets

Dokar
Dokar (horse cart) are commonly used in rural areas, especially to transport traders who want to go to traditional markets. In addition, there are also some that specifically used as a tourist cart, which is usually used to get around the city of Ponorogo.

Mini-bus
Mini-buses are also available to go to the districts or the outskirts, which are relatively cheap. These mini buses operates from after dawn until late afternoon. There are 3 main mini-bus lines in Ponorogo. Each line will circulate through the Ponorogo District Square - Jalan MT. Haryono - Ice Factory - Seloaji Terminal - Ngrupit - Pon Market - Jeruksing - Old Terminal - Jenes. Those three lines are:
 * 1) Seloaji Terminal - Listen - Jetis - Sambit - Sawoo
 * 2) Seloaji Terminal - Listen to Balong - to Slahung / to Bungkal
 * 3) Seloaji Terminal - Tambak Bayan - Badegan - Purwantoro

Angkodes
"Angkodes" (angkot pedesaan) can be used to explore areas that are not passed by bus routes such as Mlarak, Pulung, Sooko, or Sumoroto.

Event
Every year in the month of Suro (Muharram), Ponorogo Regency holds a series of events in the form of a people's party, called "Grebeg Suro". At this folk festival, various arts and traditions were displayed, including the National Reog Festival, the Cross-History Parade and Heritage Carnival, and the Larungan Minutes of Prayer at Ngebel Lake.

Sate
Satay is derived from the Javanese word, sate. Sate Ponorogo become one of the culinary that must be tried even though it has spread throughout the archipelago especially the sate ayam (chicken meat).

Sate gule kambing (soupy)
Using goat meat and soupy sweet soy sauce. It is served with gule kambing (goat soup).

Sate blendet (yellow sauce)
Sate blendet or known as sate kopok is from the Balong District of Ponorogo. It is using chicken and yellow thick sauce.

Sate tahu
Sate tahu is tofu satay. Before the satay is being grilled, the tofu will be diced and soaked in bacem seasoning.

Other Javanese food
Besides sate, there are some local Ponorogo cuisine, those are rujak petis (veggies salad with shrimp paste sauce) and getuk Golan (cassava snack).

Local drinks
Try dawet Jabung, a cold drink originating from Jabung Village of Ponorogo. It consists of aren palm flour jelly and fermented sticky rice in a sweet soup made from coconut milk and liquified palm sugar.

Connect
The area code for Ponorogo is 0352.

Go next
By land:
 * Madiun
 * Ngawi
 * Magetan
 * Pacitan
 * Trenggalek
 * Tulungagung
 * Wonogiri