Magelang, city in southwestern Indonesia, on the island of Java, in the Praga River highlands between Mount Merapi and Mount Sumbing near Yogyakarta. A road junction on a railroad, the city is the trade center for a rich agricultural area producing sugar, rice, corn, cassava, and tobacco. Textile milling is the chief industry. Borobudur, a famous Hindu-Buddhist temple complex with sculptured galleries, is to the south; it is believed to have been built in the 9th century under the Sailendra dynasty. To the east, at the foot of Mount Merapi, lies the resort of Kaliarang. Magelang was capital of Kedu residency and site of a military station under the Dutch. Population (1997 estimate) 122,960.
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