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Rodat, an Islamic dance of Kulon Progo Kulon Progo Regency is one of the four regencies within the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java, with a coastline on the south of that island. The regency's name stems from the fact that it is situated to the west (in Javanese "kulon") of the Progo River. The capital is Wates. The greatest part of the population of the regency work as farmers. Kulon Progo Regency is surrounded by the Menoreh Hills. The area of the regency is 586.28 km2, and the population was 388,755 at the 2010 census and 436,395 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 443,053 - comprising 219,451 males and 223,602 females.

Kabupaten Kulon Progo memiliki beberapa simbol khas yang menjadi Identitas daerah, di antaranya:

Batik Geblek renteng, corak batik khas bergambar geblek yang berjajar (bahasa Jawa: renteng) yang menjadi seragam identitas resmi bagi pegawai negeri sipil dan pelajar.

Menurut Badan Bahasa, bahasa Jawa dialek Yogya-Solo merupakan bahasa daerah yang dituturkan mayoritas penduduk Kabupaten Kulon Progo. Menurut Statistik Kebahasaan 2019, bahasa ini menjadi satu-satunya bahasa daerah asli Kabupaten Kulon Progo. Bahasa resmi instansi pemerintahan di Kabupaten Kulon Progo adalah bahasa Indonesia.

Manunggal fair diadakan setiap tahunnya untuk peringati hari jadi kabupaten Kulon Progo atau hal lain banyak wahana permainan dan banyak kuliner ataupun jajanan khas daerah kulon progo tempat diadakannya di alun-alun wates maupun taman budaya kulon progo.

In 1674, Keraton Mataram, Yogyakarta was attacked by Trunojoyo who received assistance from Macassar, resulting in damage to the palace; the king Amangkurat I had to flee and asked the Netherlands for help, till he died in Tegal during flight.

To anticipate attacks from Trunojoyo's followers, in 1677 the palace of Mataram led by Amangkurat II as the crown prince of Amangkurat I asked for the regent Ponorogo to obtain the palace protection by bala Warok famous skilled in war and asked for help from the Dutch colonial to capture Trunojoyo. After Mataram palace was guarded by Warok of Ponorogo, Tronojoyo had difficulties to penetrate the palace and was arrested and finally sentenced to death in 1679.

The Warok who managed to protect the palace got the prize a place to stay in the west of Mataram palace to facilitate the palace defence in case of an attack against the palace. The place was named Kulon Ponorogo and is now known as Kulon Progo which means Keraton Mataram western Ponorogo.

The area which currently includes the regency of Kulon Progo was - until the end of Dutch colonial rule - the territory of two regencies, namely the former Kulon Progo (which was a regency of the Ngayogyakarta Sultanate) and Adikarto (which was a regency of the Pakualaman Duchy). Both regencies were merged into Kulon Progo administration on 15 October 1951.