Wonosobo Regency (Javanese: ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦮꦤꦱꦧ, romanized: Kabupatèn Wanasaba) is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in Central Java province in Indonesia. The administrative centre of the regency is located in the town of Wonosobo, located at 7.3684940°S 109.8983841°E / -7.3684940; 109.8983841, about 120 km from Semarang on the Dieng Plateau. The regency's area is 984.68 km² and its population was 754,883 at the 2010 census^[2] and 879,124 at the 2020 census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 909,664 (comprising 463,181 males and 446,483 females).^[1]

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Wonosobo Regency ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦮꦤꦱꦧ
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View of Mount Sindoro and Mount Sumbing from the peak of Mount Prau in Wonosobo
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Location within Central Java
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Coordinates: 7.2708631°S 109.9140472°E / -7.2708631; 109.9140472
Country	Indonesia
Region	Java
Province	Central Java
Capital	Wonosobo
Government
• Regent	Afif Nurhidayat
• Vice Regent	Muhammad Albar
Area
• Total	984.68 km2 (380.19 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)
• Total	909,664
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
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Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 286
Website	wonosobokab.go.id

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The word "Wonosobo" is derived from Javanese Wanasaba, which in turn came from Sanskrit Vanasabhā. It literally means 'the gathering place in the forest'.

Wonosobo Regency is divided into the following fifteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census^[2] and the 2020 census,^[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.^[1] The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (totalling 236 rural desa and 29 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Notes: (a) including one kelurahan (the district administrative centre). (b) including 2 kelurahan (Selomerto and Wonorejo). (c) includes 2 kelurahan (Kertek and Wringinanom).
(d) comprises 13 kelurahan (Bumireso, Jaraksari, Jlamprang, Kalianget, Kejiwan, Kramatan, Mlipak, Pagerkukuh, Rojoimo, Sambek, Tawangsari, Wonosobo Barat and Wonosobo Timur) and 7 desa.
(e) comprises 3 kelurahan (Andongsili, Kalibeber and Mudal) and 16 desa.

The 29 kelurahan (urban villages) are thus split over 13 districts, with 13 in Wonosobo (town) District, 3 in Mojotengah District, 2 in Selomerto District, 2 in Kertek District, and 1 each in Wadaslintang, Kepil, Sapuran, Kaliwiro, Leksono, Kalikajar, Watumalang, Garung and Kejajar Districts (in the latter cases the sole kelurahan is the district administrative headquarters).

Wonosobo has an elevation moderated tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months. The following climate data is for the town of Wonosobo.