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Kulon Progo Regency is the area of Yogyakarta Special Province which is located farthest west and north west boundary is the Central Java Province and south of the Indonesian Ocean. Geographically located between 7 ° 38'42 "- 7 ° 59'3" south latitude and 110 ° 1'37 "- 110 ° 16'26" east longitude.

The area is 58627.5 hectares covering 12 districts and 88 villages. 24.89% of the area is located in the South region which includes districts Temon, Wates, monkey bars, and Strain, 38.16% in the central region which includes districts Lendah, Compassionate, Sentolo, Kokap, and 36.97% in the northern region which includes Girimulyo districts, Nanggulan, Kalibawang and Samigaluh. Area districts between 3000 to 7500 Ha and the most extensive territory is an area of 7379.95 Ha Kokap district while the most narrow region is an area of 3200.239 hectares Wates district.

In physiographic conditions Kulon Progo Regency area is a flat area, although surrounded by mountains, mostly located in the northern region, areas to be 17.58% at an altitude of <7 m above sea level, 15.20% were at a height of 8 to 25 m above sea level, 22.85% were at an altitude of 26 to 100 m above sea level, 33.00% are at the height of 101 - 500 m above sea level and 11.37% is at an altitude> 500 m above the surface sea. When seen where its slope, its slope areas to 58.81% <15 °, 18.73% slope between 16 ° - 40 ° and 22.46% slope> 40 °

Kulon Progo Regency has topography varying with the altitude between 0 - 1000 meters above sea level, which is divided into 3 areas include:

a. Northern Section

An upland / hilly Menoreh with altitude between 500 1000 meters above sea level, covering Sub Girimulyo, Kokap, Kalibawang and Samigaluh. This region is the use of land set aside as conservation farming area and is an area prone to landslides.

b. Middle Section

Is a hilly area with altitude of between 100 500 m above sea level, covering Sub Nanggulan, Sentolo, loving, and most Lendah, areas with slopes between 2 and 15%, classified as a transition choppy and wavy plains and hills.

c. Southern Section

Is lowland with an altitude of 0 100 m above sea level, covering Sub Temon, Wates, monkey bars, strain, and partly Lendah. Based on the slope, has a slope of 0 2%, an area of 24.9 km along the coast, when the rainy season is flood-prone areas.