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The Yogyakarta Special Administrative Region is a
province of Indonesia. The city of Yogyakarta is the capital of
the province. The 2010 census estimated its population at
approximately 3,452,000. Yogyakarta is historically and
culturally part of the Central Java region, although it is now a
separate administrative entity. It is the only province in
Indonesia that is still governed by a pre-colonial monarchy, the
Sultan of Yogyakarta, who serves as the hereditary governor of
the province. Excluding the special capital territory of Jakarta,
it is the smallest province of Indonesia. It is named after the
city of Ayodhya in Javanese-Hindu mythology.
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