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Pemalang Regency is a regency on the north coast of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Pemalang. The regency is bordered by the Java Sea to the north, by Pekalongan Regency to the east, by Purbalingga Regency to the south, and by Tegal Regency to the west. It covers an area of 1,115.30 km2, and it had a population of 1,261,353 at the 2010 Census and 1,471,489 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2025 was 1,559,306 (comprising 789,560 males and 769,746 females).

Kabupaten Pemalang dikenal memiliki bahasa (dialek) yang beragam, setidaknya terdapat 3 (tiga) dialek yaitu, Bahasa Jawa Tegal, Bahasa Jawa Pekalongan, dan Bahasa Jawa Banyumasan.

Bahasa Jawa Tegal atau Dialek Tegalan Dialek ini merupakan dialek yang paling banyak dituturkan oleh masyarakat Pemalang dengan wilayah penutur bagian barat, seperti Kecamatan Pemalang, Taman bagian Barat, Randudongkal, Bantarbolang, Warungpring dan sebagian utara Moga.

Bahasa Jawa Pekalongan atau Dialek Pekalongan Dialek ini dituturkan oleh masyarakat bagian timur Pemalang, seperti, Kecamatan Taman bagian timur, Petarukan, Comal, Ulujami, Ampelgading, dan sebagian utara Bodeh.

Bahasa Jawa Banyumasan atau Dialek Ngapak Banyumasan Dialek ini dituturkan oleh masyarakat bagian selatan Pemalang yang merupakan daerah dataran tinggi, seperti Kecamatan Belik, Watukumpul, Pulosari, sebagian selatan Bodeh dan sebagian selatan Moga.

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Tari Selendang Pemalang Salah satu tarian daerah yang pernah ditampilkan oleh 100 penari dalam pembukaan acara Pesta Rakyat Pemalang tahun 2016. Tarian ini telah diresmikan sebagai tarian khas asal Pemalang oleh Junaedi selaku Bupati Pemalang pada tanggal 17 September 2012.

Tarian yang diciptakan oleh seniman bernama Drs. Ki Kustoro mendapatkan inspirasi dari sejarah awal mula terbentuknya Kabupaten Pemalang. Busana yang dikenakan oleh penari sangat sederhana ditambah dengan aksesori bunga melati di sanggul.

Keunikan dari tarian rakyat Pemalang ini terletak pada selendang yang menjadi ciri khasnya yaitu ujung selendang ditali dengan maksud supaya warga Pemalang bisa menyimpan rahasia dengan baik. Tari Selendang Pemalang bisa dibawakan dalam berbagai acara seperti sambutan tamu, acara pernikahan dan lain-lain.

Tari Silakupang Tarian daerah asal Cikendung, Pemalang memiliki nilai religius, romantic, gagah dan lincah ini pernah tampil dalam acara Parade Tari Nusantara tahun 2017. Tari silakupang merupakan kolaborasi dari beberapa kesenian di Pemalang seperti sintren, lais, kuntulan dan jaran kepang.

Tari Denok Widuri Tarian daerah di Pemalang Jawa Tengah selanjutnya yakni Tari Denok Widuri yang diciptakan oleh Sanggar Tari Srimpi di Desa Ujunggede, Kabupaten Pemalang. Berasal dari bahasa Jawa kata “denok” memiliki arti anak perempuan, sedangkan kata “widuri” merupakan nama daerah di Pemalang yang memiliki pantai yang indah.

Maka dari itu, Tari Denok Widuri mempunyai arti kehidupan gadis-gadis di pesisir Pantai Widuri Pemalang. Hal itu digambarkan dalam gerakan tari yang energik serta ekspresi penari yang ceria diiringi oleh musik tradisional yakni gamelan jawa dengan tempo beragam.

Tari Tani Melati Tari Tani Melati yang menggambarkan keseharian masyarakat di daerah pesisir utara Jawa yakni pantura. Di daerah tersebut tepatnya Desa Kaliprau, Ulujami sebagian masyarakatnya banyak bekerja sebagai petani bunga melati.

Maka dari itu Tari Tani Melati yang digarap oleh koreografer Bayu Kusuma Listyanto, S.Sn mengangkat ragam gerak tari seperti beranjak, bergegas, berangkat ke ladang untuk memetik, menyortir serta meronce bunga melati.

Tari Tani Melati pun pernah mendapatkan kesempatan untuk tampil di acara yang diselenggarakan oleh Dinas Pariwisata, Pemuda dan Olahraga Provinsi Jawa Tengah, tepatnya di alun-alun Kabupaten Pemalang.

Masyarakat Pemalang umumnya menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Jawa dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Namun jika dilihat dari logat bahasanya, bahasa Jawa yang dituturkan oleh masyarakat Pemalang terbagi dalam beberapa logat/dialek bahasa. Pemalang berbatasan dengan kabupaten yang mempunyai dialek bahasa Jawa yang berbeda-beda. Inilah yang menyebapkan tiap-tiap kecamatan atau kawasan urban maupun daerah pedesaan di Pemalang mempunyai dialek yang berbeda-beda.

Sub-dialek Tegal yang pertama berada di wilayah Kecamatan Pemalang Kota yang berbatasan dengan Tegal, seperti desa Pelutan, Lawangrejo, dan Sugihwaras. Selain di Kecamatan Pemalang Dialek ini juga dapat ditemui pada di kecamatan Randudongkal dan Warungpring. Umumnya sub-dialek pelutan menggunakan Bahasa Jawa Tegal yang lebih murni dibandingkan kecamatan lainya di Kabupaten Pemalang, serta konsisten menggunakan fonem a, bukan fonem ê dan bukan juga campuran fonem a dan o, Hal yang paling terlihat adalah adanya penambahan kata ganing dan bokan yang membedakan ada penambahan kata ra. Misalnya aja kaya kuwe ra, enyong nein jajane ra, ganing sampeyan kaya kue bokan wis jukut ya uwis.

Sub-dialek Tegal kedua dituturkan di sekitar Pemalang Kota, tepatnya di desa Saradan, Sewaka. Ciri khas dialek ini yaitu menggunakan Dialek Tegal akan tetapi memiliki pengucapan yang agak mirip dengan Bahasa Jawa Banten maupun Bahasa Malaysia yakni huruf A di ucapkan e pepet, tetapi di Dialek Pemalangan pengucapanya secara ditahan seperti: sega di ucapkan segê, pira di ucapkan pirê, apa diucapkan apê. contoh kalimat dari dialek diatas seperti kowên lagi apê?, ajê kaya kuwé maring bapané

Di sebagian besar Kecamatan Taman dan Bantarbolang banyak menggunakan fonem a (dialek Tegal) dengan sedikit pengaruh dialek pekalongan (penggunaan kata koe) contoh dialek Taman: ana apa koe mene? Sirahe nyong lagi mumet tea. Arusah ganggu ndipit, di bagian timur kecamatan Taman banyak menggunakan percampuran dialek Pekalongan dengan dialek Tegal (menggunakan fonem o dan a) seperti di wilayah desa Jebed, Sokawangi, Banjardawa, Kedungbanjar dan Asemdoyong.

Selain itu berbeda lagi dengan dialek di Kecamatan Taman bagian Timur, Petarukan, Ampelgading, Ulujami, Comal dan sebagian utara Bodeh, orang-orang disana banyak menggunakan fonem o dan menggunakan logat Pekalongan dalam setiap kosa katanya. Misalnya pada tuturan kowe lagi opo?, ojo koyo kui kambi bapakmu. Penggunaan fonem o ini lantaran berdekatan dengan Kabupaten Pekalongan yang mempunyai dialek sendiri.

Sedangkan daerah di Pemalang yang benar-benar terdengar murni sebagai Jawa ngapak seperti pada dialek Banyumas hanya ada di Pemalang bagian selatan yakni Kecamatan Belik, Pulosari, Watukumpul dan sebagian selatan Bodeh. Di kecamatan ini banyak menggunakan fonem a dan akhiran mbok pada sebagian kata, nada bicaranya cepat dan kesamaan kosakatanya dengan dialek Banyumasan. Misalnya pada ujaran aja kaya kuwe maring ramamu, rika uwis mangan po durung mbok, regane pira segane. untuk di kecamatan Moga dialek yang digunakan merupakan percampuran dialek Banyumasan dan Tegal

Archaeological evidence demonstrates settlement in Pemalang during prehistoric times. The findings of the punden and baths in the north-west of Moga District. Ganesha statue, phallus, graves and tombstones in the village of Keropak. Besides archaeological evidence that suggests the existence of an Islamic cultural elements can also be connected such as the grave of Sheikh Maulana Maghribi in Comal Kawedanan. There is also the grave of Rohidin, Sayyid uncle of Sunan Ampel Ngali who had a mission to convert the local population.

Pemalang's existence in the 16th century can be attributed to van Goens Rijkloff records and data in the book of W. Fruin Mees stated that in 1575 Pemalang is one of 14 independent regions in Java, led by a prince or a king. In a later development, and Panembahan Seda Senopati Panembahan Krapyak of Mataram conquered these areas, including Pemalang. Since then, Pemalang has become vassals of the Mataram area ruled by princes or vassal kings.

Pemalang and Kendal in the period before the 17th century were areas more important than Tegal, Pekalongan and Semarang, because of the highway linking the northern coast to the hinterland of Central Java (Mataram) that crosses Pemalang and Wiradesa, regarded as the oldest road connecting the two regions.

As the population of rural settlements that have regularly appeared in the early centuries AD to the period of the 14th and 15th centuries, and then growing rapidly in the 16th century, which increased during the development of Islam in Java under a kingdom of Demak, Cirebon and then Mataram.

At that time Pemalang had successfully established traditional governance in the years around 1575. Figure origins of Pajang named Prince Benawa. The Prince is King Jipang origin who succeeded his father who had died, Sultan Adiwijaya.

The position of the king was preceded by a bitter feud between him and Aria Pangiri.

Prince Benawa only ruled for one year. Local belief states that Prince Benawa died in Pemalang, and was buried in the village of Penggarit (now the Heroes Cemetery Penggarit).

Pemalang into administrative territorial unit steady since R. Mangoneng, Pangonen or Mangunoneng became ruler Pemalang region centered on Hamlet Oneng, Bojongbata village in about 1622. During this period Pemalang was an appanage of Prince Purbaya of Mataram. According to some sources Mangoneng R was a figure that local leaders supporting the policy of Sultan Agung. A character who is very anti-VOC. Thus Mangoneng can be seen as a leader, soldier, warrior and hero of the nation in the fight against the Dutch colonization in the 17th century is the struggle against the Dutch under the banner of Sultan Agung of Mataram.

In about 1652, Sunan Ingabehi Subajaya Amangkurat II lifted into the Regent Pemalang after Amangkurat II established rule in Mataram throne after uprising Trunajaya extinguished with the help of the VOC in 1678.

According to the Dutch in 1820 Pemalang was then ruled by a regent named Mas Tumenggung Suralaya. At this time Pemalang was closely associated with the character Kanjeng Swargi or Kanjeng Pontang, a regent involved in the war Diponegoro. Swargi Kanjeng was also known as Gusti Sepuh, and during the war he managed to flee to the Netherlands Sigeseng or Kendaldoyong. The tomb of Gusti Sepuh can be identified as the tomb of Kanjeng Swargi or Reksodiningrat. In times of year reign between 1823 and 1825 i.e. during Reksadiningrat Regents. Note Netherlands said that the persistent assist the Dutch in the Diponegoro war in the North Coast area of Java just – regent regent Tegal, Kendal and rods without mentioning Regent Pemalang.

Meanwhile, in another part of the book P.J.F. Louw, entitled De Java Oorlog van 1825 -1830 reported that Van den Resident Poet organize some good lineup of Tegal, Pemalang and Bradford to defend themselves from Diponegoro in September 1825 until the end of January 1826. Involvement in helping the Dutch Pemalang this can be attributed with the Dutch statement stating Duke Reksodiningrat only officially recorded as regent until 1825 Pemalang. deployment and probable events that occur after the Pemalang Reksodiningrat Duke joins forces which resulted in the Dutch Diponegoro stop Regent Reksodiningrat.

In 1832 the Regent Pemalang Mbahurekso was Raden Tumenggung Sumo Negoro. At that time due to the success of abundant prosperity of agriculture in the area of Pemalang. Pemalang is a producer of rice, coffee, tobacco and peanuts. In a report published at the beginning of the 20th century, stated that Pemalang a Karisidenan department and the District of Pekalongan. Pemalang section divided into two Pemalang and Randudongkal. And the Regency was divided into 5 districts. So thus Pemalang a district name, district and Onder Karisidenan District of Pekalongan, Central Java Province.

First of all district center located in the village of Oneng. Although there are no remnants of this district, but still found another clue. Instructions in the form of a hamlet named Oneng which can still be found today in the village of Bojongbata. While all district centers are both confirmed to be in Ketandan. The remains of the building can still be seen today is around Ketandan Clinic (Department of Health). The third district is the center of the current district (all district near Town Square Pemalang). The district is now also the rest of the buildings built by the Dutch colonial. Which subsequently went through several rehab and renovation of buildings up to forms joglo as typical building in Central Java.

Thus all of the regency had been established as an administrative entity after the Dutch colonial administration. In bureaucracy, all district administration also continued to be addressed. From the colonial bureaucratic forms that smells feudalistic bureaucracy towards more in line with developments in the present time.

In 1966, after the 30 September Movement ended and the 11 March Order was passed, based on the Decree (SK) of the Governor of the Central Java Region Number 204 of 1965 dated 24 August 1965, the administrative divisions in Indonesia in all districts and municipalities in Central Java comprised as many as 347 units, including Pemalang Regency with nine districts (Indonesian: kecamatan), as an amalgamation of the existing royal districts. So at that time in Pemalang Regency nine districts had been formed, as a combination of the 18 former sultanate's districts. In 1966 the Pemalang Level II Region with a population of 1,248,851 people (in 1965) and an area of 199,215 hectares or 1,992.15 km2 still covered 3 (an intermediate level that was soon abolished), 9 districts (kecamatan), and 124 new style villages (as a combination of 355 traditional former sultanate villages). In the same year, the construction period in Pemalang Regency had started. The first construction in 1967 was carried out on the construction of bridges, village roads, schools, waterways, irrigation canals, and markets, as well as widening of village roads, repair / renovation of bridges, roads, markets, schools, train stations and irrigation networks. In 1967, Pemalang train station began to be renovated.

In 1981, based on the Decree of the Minister of Home Affairs number 140-502 of 1980 dated 22 September 1980 through the Decree of the Governor of the First Level Region of Central Java number 133-514 of 1980 dated 8 December 1980 and the Regional Regulation of the province of Central Java Number 9 In 1981 on 10 March 1981, in Pemalang Regency, fourteen urban village were formed, namely by changing the status of some villages to a kelurahan, namely six villages in Pemalang district, four villages in Taman district, two villages in Comal district, one village in Moga district, and one village in Petarukan district, all of which were designated as kelurahan.

In further developments, in addition to changing the status of fourteen villages to that of kelurahan in 1984, based on the Decree of the Minister of Home Affairs number 138-210 of 1982 and Decree (SK) of the Governor of the First Level Region of Central Java number 150–216 in 1983, to be precise in Pemalang Regency, five district representative bodies were formed, namely representatives of Comal District (based in Lewokan), representatives of Moga District (which is based in Warungpring), representatives of Petarukan District (which is based in Langenharjo), representatives of Belik District (which is based in Kawangan / Kendalrejo), and representatives of Randudongkal District (based in Randusari).

The northern part of the regency is lowland, while the southern part is mountainous, with the peak of Mount Slamet (on the border with Tegal and Purbalingga), the highest mountain in Central Java. The Comal River is the largest, emptying into the Java Sea at Ujung Pemalang.

The regency capital is located at the northwest tip of the regency, directly adjacent to the Tegal Regency. The town of Pemalang is on the coastal road between Semarang and Surabaya Jakarta. In addition there is a provincial road that connects Pemalang with Purbalingga. One of the famous tourist attractions is the beach Pemalang thistle.

The regency lies in Central Java province, located on the northern coast of Java. Geographically the regency is located between 109° 17'30" – 109° 40'30" E and 6° 52'30" – 7° 20'11" S.

From Semarang (Central Java provincial capital), this regency is approximately 135 km to the west, or if reached by land vehicles takes approximately 3–4 hours by national road, and approximately 90 minutes by the toll road. The whole regency has an area of 1,115.30 km2, with the following boundaries:

The north (coast) borders the Java Sea Eastern border is with Pekalongan Regency Southern border is with Purbalingga Regency Bordering on the west side with Tegal regency

Thus the whole regency has a strategic position, both in terms of trade and government.

The regency has a varied topography. The northern part of the regency is a coastal area with an altitude ranging from 1 to 5 metres above sea level. The central part is a fertile lowland with an altitude of 6 to 15 metres above sea level; and the southern highlands and mountains are lush with cool air at an altitude varying from 16 to 925 metres above sea level. The region is crossed by two major rivers – the Waluh River and the Comal River. Most of the region is a fertile watershed.

Pemalang has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy to very heavy rainfall from November to May.