Thematic Map

A thematic map is a type of map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area. These maps "can portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, sociological, agricultural, or any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent".
 

Overview

 
A thematic map is a map that focuses on a specific theme or subject area, whereas in a general map the variety of phenomena—geological, geographical, political—regularly appear together. The contrast between them lies in the fact that thematic maps use the base data, such as coastlines, boundaries and places, only as points of reference for the phenomenon being mapped. General maps portray the base data, such as landforms, lines of transportation, settlements, and political boundaries for their own sake.

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Masjid Cheng Ho

Satu lagi bangunan yang menarik di Pandaan-Pasuruan yaitu Masjid Cheng Ho.

Masjid ini didirikan pada tahun 2003 oleh sebuah  yayasan  komunitas muslim Cina bernuansa budaya Cina. Bangunan Masjid berukuran 50 m x 50 m, terdiri dari dua lantai ini diresmikan pada 2008 oleh bupati pasuruan.

Masjid ini dibangun untuk mengenang Laksamana Cheng ho.

- Siapa Laksamana Cheng ho?

- Orang mana?

- Kok g pernah ketemu?

Hahahahah jangan hiraukan pertanyaan konyol di atas.

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Purwodadi Botanical Garden

Purwodadi Botanical Garden is a garden located in a large study Purwodadi, Pasuruan , East Java , Indonesia . The extent of 85 acres and has about 10,000 species of trees and plant collections.
 

History

 
Purwodadi botanical garden was established on January 30th 1941 by Dr. Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking on the initiative of Dr. Dirk van Slooten Fok on January 30, 1941 as a division of the Experimental Station 's Lands Plantentuin Buitenzorg or the Botanical Garden . This garden is one of the three branches of the Botanical Gardens Indonesia (Bogor Botanical Gardens) which each have specific tasks and functions. Both of the other branch is the gardens Cibodas and Eka Karya Bali Botanic Gardens . Management of all the Botanical Gardens are located under the responsibility of Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

At first the garden was used for plantation crops research activities. Then in 1954 began to apply the basics of the commencement of manufacture patches of plant collections. Since 1980 some plants were reorganized according to ethnic groups who embrace and Pranti Engler system of classification. Branch development is expected in the Botanical Gardens Purwodadi Hall will become conservation and research center of the dry climate plants in the tropics.

 

Trees and Plants Collections

Legumes

 
Classified into three tribes, namely Mimosaceae , Caesalpiniaceae and Papilionaceae . There are 157 species of 70 genera belonging to these tribes. Various types of beans used as ornamental plants such as the types of genera Amherstia, Brownea, Cassia, Senna, and Saraca. In addition, several types of wood are also used for buildings such as rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) and wangkal (Albizia procera), and green plants such as roadside Angsana (Pterocarpus indicus), acacia (Acacia auriculiformis) and Soga (Peltophorum pterocarpum). Some are used as medicinal plants such as Johar (Senna Siamea), Kedawung (Parkia timoriana), Dadap srep (Erythrina subumbrans), and chicken Dadap (Erythrina orientalis).
  

Orchid

Placed in a greenhouse where conditions adapted to their natural habitat. There are about 2344 natural orchid specimens consisting of 319 species, 69 genera, and 277 are still sp .. About 7 species are endemic orchid East Java as Appendicula imbricata, arcuatum Dendrobium, Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum ( Slippers Orchid ), and others. While that is endangered in the wild include Ascocentrum miniatum, Phalaenopsis amabilis ( orchid months ), Coelogyne pandurata ( black orchid ) from Borneo and others.
 

Palm

Included in the palm family Arecaceae and is the oldest species that have been found since the time of Cretaceus, approximately 120 million years ago. Arecaceae is very attractive in terms of botany, the beauty of its shape, species diversity and usefulness. Family Arecaceae in the world is estimated to 200-300 genera and 2000-3000 species scattered around the tropics and sub tropics. Indonesia is the world's center of diversity of palm, from the palm in the world there are 46 genera (576 species) found in Indonesia and 29 genera are endemic palms. (Ibn-LIPI, 1978; Witono, 1998; Sharma, 2002; Chin, 2003). As one of the institutions ex-situ conservation of plants, the Botanical Gardens has the task of carrying out an inventory Purwodadi, exploration, collection and maintenance of planting lowland dry vegetation that has a value of science and the potential for collection (conserved). Botanical Gardens area of ​​845 148 m2 Purwodadi has 174 families, 904 genera and 1896 species with a collection of some 60 genera Arecaceae 117 species and 435 individuals based on catalog 2006 (Suprapto et al., 2006).
 

Bamboo

About 30 species of bamboo have been collected Purwodadi Botanical Garden, 16 species are from Java , two types of Maluku , two species of Sulawesi , and 10 species of Asian countries ( China , Japan , Thailand , India , and Burma ). Gigantochloa manggong (Bamboo Manggong) is an endemic bamboo East Java, Gigantochloa lear (lear Pring) is often used for furniture, crafts, or roof of the house, Dendrocalamus asper (pring petung) rebungnya to eat, and Schizostachyum silicatum ( bamboo wuluh ) for flute.
 

Nails

Collection of ferns arranged under large, shady trees, because these plants love the shade and damp places. The collection reached 60 species from 36 genera and 21 tribes. Among these birds nest spikes (Asplenium nidus), maidenhair ferns (Adiantum spp.), hata (Lygodium circinnatum), and nail antlers / simbar deer (Platycerium coronarium). There are some other useful collections of ferns, such as nails vegetables (Athyrium esculentum) of edible shoots, Asplenium sp. and Adiantum sp. as ornamental plants, horsetail Equisetum debile as a medicinal, Cyathea contaminans as a growing medium of orchids, and hata Lygodium circinnatum as a craft.
 

Drugs

Located in the plot XIV G and VA, arranged in such a way as to serve as an attractive garden to be enjoyed. Among his collection is Pace (Morinda citrifolia), men to cough and high blood pressure, purple leaf (Graptophyllum pictum), leaves for medicine hemorrhoids , Widoro upas (Merremia mammosa), tubers for medicinal diabetes , Sembung (Blumea balsamifera) leaves for drug asthma , heart disease , Wudani (Quisqualis indica) leaves for medicine and other worms.

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The Taman Dayu

Wah ternyata ada tempat seindah dan sebagus ini di Pandaan ya.........( waaaaaaaah belum tau dia )

Pasti itu yang terucap bagi orang² yang pertama kali melihat / mampir ke Taman Dayu.Taman dayu yang dibangun pada April 2005 terletak di Pandaan tepatnya Jl. Raya Surabaya - Malang Km. 48 Pandaan 67156, Pasuruan. 

Indonesia memiliki keindahan alam di campur dengan berbagai residensial, iklan dan fasilitas rekreasi menjadikan tampat yang sangat menyenangkan dan indah.
Bukan hanya itu...kita bisa berolahraga, berpetualang, dan bermain air.Banyak sekali tempat olahraga, rekreasi, belanja, dan belajar bagi anak². Karena tempatnya yang strategis Taman dayu tidak pernah sepi oleh pengunjung, apalagi di area depan atau yang disebut banyak orang CBD (Citypark Business District) tak pernah sepi oleh orang² yang berkunjung, berbelanja, atau sekedar jalan². Ada juga Waterpark yang bisa membuat anak² g mau pulang (alias krasan / betah). Selain waterpark ada juga water outbound sebagai sarana rekreasi dan belajar bagi anak². Selain Water Sliding yang berstandart internasional ada juga juga Water Outbound yang akan menantang adrenalin anda.

Ada juga permainan seperti Cano River, Water Cave, Forrest Bridge, Tarzan Swing, Sky Bridge & Turtle Bridge. Bukan hanya untuk anak² saja, fasilitas olahraga untuk orang dewasa salah satunya adalah lapangan golf, instrukturnya juga ada lho, jadi meskipun kita gak bisa bermain golf disana ada instrukturnya / pelatih
Ada juga Golf Mansion, berbatasan langsung dengan padang golf berkelas Internasional yang didesain oleh Jack Nicklaus. Villa Golf View (lb/lt 143/264m2).Belum selesai sampai di situ, ada juga Villa dan hotel di Taman Dayu yang dirancang dengan gaya khas barat dengan iklim yang sejuk dan pemandangan yang menakjubkan Semua villa memiliki kolam renang / jacuzzi, dan minibar (mantaaaap). Ada juga Hotel berkelas di taman dayu, Kalau anda ingin liburan dan menginap disini informasi harganya  

Sebenarnya masih banyak mengenai Taman Dayu ini...tapi udah g bisa di jelasin satu-persatu
Intinya bagi yang belum pernah ke Taman dayu ( ingat ya di Pandaan ) mampir aja biar tahu mantapnya rekreasi atau cuman jalan² aja di sana, d jamin g bakal rugi sampai di Pandaan

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Jawi Temple

 

Jawi temple is a temple which was built around the 13th century and is a historical relic Hindu - Buddhist kingdom Singhasari in sub Prigen , Pasuruan , East Java , Indonesia . The temple is located in the middle of the highway between Pandaan District - District Prigen and Pringebukan. Jawi temple many thought of as a place of worship or places of worship Buddha, but it is actually a place where the ashes of the king's last Singhasari , Kertanegara . Some of the ash is also stored in the temple Singhasari . Both of these temples has to do with Jago temple which is a place of worship of King Kertanegara.    

Kertanegara reason Jawi temple built far from the royal center for the region's alleged followers of the teachings of Shiva-Buddha is very strong. The people in that area are very loyal. Even Kertanegara known as a famous king, he also had many enemies in the country. Flag Song of Wijayakrama, for example, mentions the revolt Kelana Bayangkara. Negarakertagama Cayaraja noted the rebellion. There are allegations that the area used as a base by Jawi temple Kertanegara supporters. These allegations arise from the story of history that when Dyah Wijaya , son Kertanegara, Kertanegera fled after the coup the king's subordinates, Jayakatwang of bracelets (area of Karachi ), he was hiding in this area, before finally fled to Madura.

Structure and use of buildings

 

Form legged Shiva temple, berpundak Buddha . Shaped like a tall slender Prambanan in Central Java, with the size of the area 14.24 x 9.55 m and height 24.50 meters. The door facing east . The position of this door is used by most experts emphasize that the reason for this temple is not a place of worship or pradaksina (a ceremony of homage to a deity , called Dewayadnya or dewayajña), because usually the temple to worship facing the mountain , the place believed to be the funeral to the Gods. Jawi temple it back to Mount STEPS . While there are other experts who think that this temple remains of the temple worship, and the position of the doors are not facing the mountain because of the influence of the teachings of Buddha.
 

Archeology

Jawi temple is the uniqueness of the reliefs on the walls. Unfortunately, relief could not be read. It could be because the carvings are too thin, or because of a lack of supporting information, such as from inscriptions or manuscripts . Negarakertagama that clearly tells the temple was no mention at all about the relief. In contrast to the relief in Jago Temple and the Temple of upgrading is still unclear. One of the fragments that exist in the walls of the temple, describing his own existence Jawi temple and its several other buildings around the temple. Clearly visible on the fragment on the eastern side of the temple there are ancillary temples as many as three pieces, but unfortunately the third condition ancillary is now practically razed to the ground. Even so the fragments can be seen clearly that there is a moment of the temple which is the gate of the temple, located to the west.

The remains of the building is still there, but the shape is more like a pile of bricks , because the gate of the temple is built of red brick. Besides the relief which is located at the walls of the temple, there are also other relief that is located inside the temple. Situated right in the middle of the temple which is the highest part of the inside of the temple, there is a relief god Surya who sculpted clear. The uniqueness of the Jawi Temple is a stone used as building material composed of two types. The lower part consists of a black stone, white stone and the upper. Which raised the suspicion that this temple could be built in two different periods of building techniques.
 

History of the temple by Negarakertagama

 
Negarakertagama mention, in the chambers of the temple there is a statue of Shiva . On it there is a statue of Shiva statue Supreme Aksobaya which have now been lost. There are a number of statues of Shiva, such as Nandiswara , Durga , Ganesha , Nandi , and Brahma. Kakawin Negarakertagama mention that at the time candrasengkala or the year Archery Day of Fire (1253 Saka ) of the temple was struck by lightning . That's when the statue of Maha Aksobaya missing. It is said the King of Majapahit King Hayam Wuruk who visited the temple was then grieving for the loss of statues. Although the Supreme Aksobaya statues have been found which are now stored in Apsari Park , the front Office of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) in East Java , which became known as the Statue of Joko Dolog , the statue was not from Jawi temple. Written that a year after Jawi temple struck by lightning, has made rebuilding. During this period the expected use of white stone. However, the origin of the white stone is still questionable, because the area that includes the foot of Mount Welirang mostly rocky black and white stones are common in the area just north coast of Java or Madura.
 

The restoration and conservation effort

 
Jawi temple restored for a second year in 1938 - 1941th in the reign of the Dutch East Indies had collapsed because of his condition. However, until the renovations are not complete because some of the stones missing. Then improved again in the 1975th - 1.98 thousand , and was inaugurated in 1982 . Maintenance costs are now obtained from voluntary donations from visitors and NGO others. Jawi temple building form is intact, but its content is reduced. Statue of Durga is now stored at the Museum Professor Tantular , Surabaya . Others are stored at the Museum Trowulan for security. While others still, like statues Brahmin , was not found. Might have gone to pieces. In the warehouse behind the temple there are pieces of sculpture. In addition, there is a red brick fence as often found in buildings in the kingdom of Majapahit , as Rat Temple in Trowulan and Temple Bajangratu in Mojokerto.
 

Transfer of historic heritage

 
Relics statues found in Jawi Temple was moved, mostly to the Museum , and partly to the commercial. Removal of statues of Jawi temple temple or the other has received much criticism from historians and local people, because even on the right side to prevent it from theft , this transfer is thought to reduce the substance of the history of these relics, so be incomplete to be appreciated. Statues moved from habitats to lose its historical value. Jawi temple statues are stored in Monument Park Hotel , Malang , for example, was well maintained, but be deprived of historical value and the spirituality and thing that tends to be a dilemma. 
 

  

Every full moon night in the temple Jawi, wayang performance people are often held.
The event is organized by department of culture in the district Pasuruan

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