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Boyolali is a regency in the eastern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,096.61 km2, and had a population of 930,531 at the 2010 census and 1,062,713 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 1,109,332 (comprising 552,325 males and 547,525 females in mid 2024). The administrative centre is the town of Boyolali.

Bahasa yang digunakan oleh penduduk di kabupaten Boyolali adalah Bahasa Jawa Surakarta yang dituturkan oleh seluruh masyarakat Boyalali. Selain itu, karena Kabupaten Boyolali masih termasuk wilayah inti dari kerajaan Kasunanan Surakarta maka berpengaruh juga dengan percakapan sehari-hari, yaitu dengan memperhatikan etika bahasa atau sering disebut unggah-ungguh, yaitu tingkat tingkat tutur krama madya dan krama inggil untuk menghormati lawan bicara, ciri khas aksen orang Boyolali terdengar medhok tetapi lembut seperti wayang Janoko dapat dikatakan pula sebagai dialek mataram yang halus. Meskipun tergolong sebagai pengguna bahasa jawa standar, sebenarnya banyak dialek yang digunakan masyarakat dalam komunikasi sehari-hari, sayangnya sampai saat ini belum ada gagasan untuk mengembangkannya ke dalam kamus bahasa Jawa.

Tradisi ini berada di desa Samiran kecamatan Selo kabupaten Boyolali. dilaksanakan setiap tanggal 2 sura. dimulai dari pelataran gua raja, yang menurut legenda dahulu kala gua itu dijadikan tempat peristirahatan pangeran Diponegoro. Kirab dimulai dengan pengambilan air suci barokah yang berada di kawasan gua raja dan diarak beserta iring-iringan tumpeng-tumpeng hasil bumi dari kawasan sekitar Selo. Ribuan warga desa Samiran ikut serta mengiring arak-arakan tumpen beserta air tersebut, dengan mengenakan pakaian adat, untuk menuju ke pesanggrahan Kebo Kanigoro.sesampainya di Kebokanigoro, air suci barokah dari Guaraja di satukan dengan air perwita sari air yang diambil dari kawasan pesangrahan Kebo Kanigoro.

The anniversary of the founding of Boyolali is celebrated on 5 June, as the government of Kasunanan Surakarta created a new rule about the village government or the government outside the Kuthanegara (Capital City) on 5 June 1847. The rule was adopted pursuant to the treaty of Serat Perjanjian Dalem Natha entered into between Pakubuwono VII and the Dutch Government in the belief that the incumbent government was unable to fully function. The treaty is in the treaty of Serat Perjanjian Dalem Natha page 140 – 146 or in Staatsblad 1847 No. 30. Chapter 30 – 36. According to Staatsblad in 1847 No.30, the Government of Kasunanan Surakarta formed six "Mountain Regencies" in its surrounding area to help the government in those regions. The six regions were the City of Surakarta and the then existent five Regencies of Kartosuro, Klaten, Boyolali, Ampel and Sragen. (Pawarti Surakarta, 1939:71). Based on that Staatsblad, the anniversary of the Boyolali Regency was 5 June 1847.

The regency is shaped on the map like a back-to-front letter "L", with the Kaliwungu District of Semarang Regency forming an insert at the centre of the regency, immediately to the north of Boyolali town.

The town of Boyolali serves as the administrative heart of the regency, which is also named Boyolali; it lies 27 km to the west of Surakarta. The regency covers a land area of approximately 1,096.6 km2, with the highest point being Mount Merbabu - 3,141 m.

Boyolali is located at the east foothill of Mount Merapi and Mount Merbabu.

Boyolali also has tourist attractions in the form of a natural spring that flows continuously and very clearly, as well as water attractions, swimming pool, fishing pond and restaurants like the Tlatar (about 7 km north of Boyolali town) and in Pengging Banyudono (about 10 km east of the town of Boyolali).

Boyolali has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) according to Köppen climate classification. Average temperature varies little from month to month. October is warmest with an average temperature of 25.2 °C. July is coldest with an average temperature of 23.7 °C. The wet season has a rainfall peak around March. The dry season centers around the month of August, which has the most sunshine.