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Bandengan Beach
Bandengan, Tirto Samudro tourism resort in Jepara, West Java, Indonesia, is a beach area which provides visitors with its beautiful white sand beach. It is located in Bandengan village, about 8 kilometers to the north of Jepara town, Central Java. During the era of Raden Ajeng Kartini, one of the Indonesian heroines, Tirto Samudro beach was used as a gathering place. Kartini named this beach as “Klein Scheveningen” since this place was very beautiful.

Kartini, first feminist in Jepara
Raden Ayu (Ajoe) Kartini, (April 21, 1879–September 13, 1904), was a prominent Javanese and an Indonesian national heroine. Kartini is known as a pioneer in the area of women's rights for native Indonesians. Kartini's concerns were not just in the area of the emancipation of women, but also the problems of her society. Kartini saw that the struggle for women to obtain their freedom, autonomy and legal equality was just part of a wider movement.

Location and Coordinates of Jepara
Latitude: -6.583333 Longitude: 110.65 (Decimal degrees) Latitude (DMS): 6° 34' 60 S Longitude (DMS): 110° 39' 0 E (Degrees, minutes and seconds)

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