Turgo
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'''Turgo''' is a small hill on the southern slopes of [[Mount Merapi, Central Java|Gunung Merapi]], [[Central Java]], [[Indonesia]].
It could also be known as '''Gunung Turgo'' or ''Mount Turgo'''
It is just west of [[Plawangan]], the valley between the two has been subject to [[Pyroclastic flow|Nuee Ardente]] s in the 1990's which killed local villagers.
Despite the very small area on the peak of Turgo, it has some sacred graves that are attributed to be connected with Jumadil Kobra, and a consequence is considered to be part of the complex network of graves that constitute the [[Javanese sacred places]]
Dutch anthropologist [[Martin van Bruinessen]] has written about this character following his residence in [[Yogyakarta]].<ref>Martin van Bruinessen "Najmuddin al-Kubra, Jumadil Kubra and Jamaluddin al-Akbar: Traces of Kubrawiyya influence in early Indonesian Islam", Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 150 (1994), 305-329.</ref>
It is also located within the '''Plawangan Turgo nature reserve''' <ref> [http://www.ecologyasia.com/news-archives/2002/may-02/thejakartapost.com_20020528.Q03.htm The Plawangan Turgo nature reserve </ref> an almost 200 hectares on the slope of Merapi that has rare animals and plants occuring in its area.
==References==
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==External link==
* [http://www.aracnet.com/~kirby/merapi/merapi22.htm Context from 1994 eruption of Merapi]
[[Category:Mountains of Indonesia]]
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