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Kwaru Beach is located in Bantul, Yogyakarta, 8 miles west of Samas Beach, or about 4-5 miles east coast Pandansimo. The beach has a distinctive feature of the beaches on the southern island of Java, namely black sand. The beach is covered with lots of pine trees, so if the heat can take shelter under it. Moreover, if while enjoying a variety of fresh sea fish dishes can be ordered any time at local cafes.



Kwaru Beach located in Srandakan expected to become an alternative tourism Parangtritis. This beach is supposed to be optimally suitable tilled wisdom of local communities so as to attract the tourists. Also expected are also getting better beach management and involve local stakeholders in Kwaru.



According to information of citizens, on Sundays Kwaru beach full of tourists who want to enjoy the beauty of the beach and enjoy the culinary dishes of sea fish. We provide a variety of fish that is enough food taste invites tourists with affordable price, said one manager Mbah Ipan food stalls. Mbah Ipan also requested that the means streets of Bantul Regency which is still too narrow to pass the tourists. He expects to soon be widening the road and the construction of several tourism facilities.



Unfortunately, the beauty of the Kwaru beach coastal erosion threatened by the existence of an increasingly occupied the land. Every year the waves erode the beach is always so when it was approximately 150 meters of land affected by coastal erosion.

1. NATURAL STATE

Bantul regency is located south of Yogyakarta Province, bordering with:
North: City of Yogyakarta and Sleman District
South: Samudera Indonesia
East: Gunung Kidul Regency
West: West Progo Regency

Bantul District lies between 07 ° 44 '04 "- 08 ° 00' 27" south latitude and 110 ° 12 '34 "- 110 ° 31' 08" East Longitude.

The total area of the Bantul regency 508.85 km2 (5 of the total area of 15.90 DIY) with lowland topography as 140% and more than half (60%) are less fertile hilly areas, generally consist of:

Western Section, is the less sloping areas and hills stretching from North to South width of 89.86 km2 (17.73% of the entire region).
Middle part, are flat and sloping area is an area of fertile agricultural area of 210.94 km2 (41.62%).

Eastern Section, is an area of sloping, steeply sloping and that the situation is still better than the western region, an area of 206.05 km2 (40.65%).
Southern Section, is actually part of the Central part of the region with its natural state is gritty and a little bit berlagun, lies in the South Coast of Srandakan Sanden and Kretek.

Land Use:
1. Yard: 18327.15 ha (36.16%)
2. Wetland: 16823.84 ha (33.19%)
3. Moor: 7554.45 ha (14.90%)
4. Forest Land: 1697.80 Ha (3.35%)

Bantul regency flowed 6 River that flows all year long with 114 km2. Namely:
1. Oyo River: 35.75 km
2. Opak River: 19.00 km
3. Code River: 7.00 km
4. Winongo River: 18.75 km
5. Bedog River: 9.50 km
6. Progo River: 24.00 km

2. ADMINISTRATION

Consists of 17 Districts, 75 Village, 933 Hamlet.

3. POPULATION

Registration Results in the Beginning of Year 2002

1. Total Population (Life) 789,745
- Laki-Laki (Soul) 386,777 = 48.97%
- Women (Life) 402,968 = 51.03%
- Adult Population (Life) 603,839 = 76.46%
- Population of Children (Soul) 185,906 = 23.54%

3. Family Leader (KK) 196,212

4. Population Movements in the Year 2002
a. Born (L) 6917 = 0.88%
b. Comes (D) 7268 = 0.92%
c. Die (M) 3573 = 0.45%
d. Go (P) 3927 = 0.50%

5. Increase in Population Year 2002 6.685 = 0.85%

6. Natural increase (L-M) 3344 = 0.42%

7. Population Density (people/km2) 1558