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Amlapura
Amlapura
Town
	Amlapura Location in Bali, Karangasem Regency and Indonesia Amlapura Amlapura (Indonesia)
	Coordinates: 8°26′49.2″S 115°36′54″E / 8.447000°S 115.61500°E
Country	Indonesia
Region	Bali
Province	Bali
Regency	Karangasem Regency
Kuta Negara Karangasem	22 June 1611
Amlapura	17 August 1971
Time zone	UTC+8 (WITA)

Amlapura is the regency seat of Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia. Previously named Karangasem, it was changed in 1963 after the eruption of Mount Agung.^[2]

History

After the eruption of Mount Agung in 1963, a new city had to be built because most office complexes built during the Dutch East Indies Government were destroyed by the lava floods.

The name Amlapura includes amla ("fruit") and pura ("place").^[1] It refers to the name of the previous Puri Kelodan, namely Puri Amlaraja. It is also a reminder of a place named in the colophon of the Negarakretagama manuscript, in the village of Negarakretagama or Warnana (Griya Pidada Karangasem), stating that the lontar was finished writing in Amlanegantun (wus puput sinurat ring Amlanagantu). In addition, there are also mentions in the Babad Dalem.^[1]

The 1991 song Amlapura on Tin Machine's album Tin Machine II cites the place, which David Bowie the frontman of the band had visited.^[3]

Awards

2011: For a third consecutive time, Amlapura City received the Adipura Award as Indonesia's Cleanest Small City and also received the Adiwiyata Award for a fourth consecutive time for the Cleanest Elementary School.^[4]

Amlapura panorama in the afternoon

Climate

Amlapura has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from April to October and heavy rainfall from November to March.

Climate data for Amlapura
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.2 (86.4)	30.4 (86.7)	30.4 (86.7)	31.1 (88.0)	30.7 (87.3)	30.0 (86.0)	29.4 (84.9)	29.8 (85.6)	30.5 (86.9)	31.0 (87.8)	31.1 (88.0)	30.6 (87.1)	30.4 (86.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.3 (79.3)	26.4 (79.5)	26.2 (79.2)	26.4 (79.5)	25.9 (78.6)	25.1 (77.2)	24.7 (76.5)	25.0 (77.0)	25.8 (78.4)	26.3 (79.3)	26.7 (80.1)	26.4 (79.5)	25.9 (78.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.5 (72.5)	22.5 (72.5)	22.1 (71.8)	21.7 (71.1)	21.2 (70.2)	20.3 (68.5)	20.1 (68.2)	20.3 (68.5)	21.1 (70.0)	21.7 (71.1)	22.3 (72.1)	22.3 (72.1)	21.5 (70.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	267 (10.5)	220 (8.7)	178 (7.0)	106 (4.2)	113 (4.4)	73 (2.9)	81 (3.2)	52 (2.0)	35 (1.4)	82 (3.2)	125 (4.9)	204 (8.0)	1,536 (60.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[5]

Lontars in Penaban

the Pustaka Lontar Museum [id] in Penaban, 5 km north of Amlapura, is a lontar museum, restoration workshop and research center. It was inaugurated in November 2017 in the presence of lontar maestro Ida I Dewa Gede Catra and Dutch lontar researcher Professor Hinzler, the latter also one of the museum's curators. Its various buildings, of traditional Balinese style, spread over one and a half hectares. As of 2021, it held 313 cakap (volumes of lontar). On demand, they also do what could be termed as 'home service', where they help lontar owners to take care of their lontars. The museum's team has digitized and put online 130 lontars. The center provides an unabridged formation for Sang Kul Putih, one of the two disciplins of pemangku (priest). As an introduction to the world of lontars, it also hold workshops to Balinese hymns, lontar manuscript making, and Balinese alphabet. The museum operates on donations.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sejarah Karangasem" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ "Amlapura". Indonesia Tourism. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ Pegg, Nicholas. The Complete David Bowie (2016 ed.). p. 23.
^ "Amlapura Buktikan Tetap Terbaik Raih Dua Tropy Bergengsi Adipura dan Adiwiyata" (in Indonesian). Karangasem Government. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
^ "Climate: Amlapura". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ Kondo, Sachi (March 5, 2021). "Bali's Lontar Museum : A Library of Ancient Wisdom". nowbali.co.id. Retrieved 2024-05-29.