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Denpasar derives from the word ‘den’ meaning ‘south and ‘pasar’ the ‘market’ so that the overall meaning of the city is “South of Market”, which was previously the area of what was part of the Kingdom of Badung, a kingdom that once stood in the 19th century, before it was congcured by Dutch on September 20, 1906, in an heroic battle known as Puputan Badung War.
After the independence of Indonesia on August 17, 1945, and based on Law No. 69 of 1958, Denpasar became the capital of the regional government of Badung regency, then based again on the Ministry of the Interior No. Des.52 / 2 / 36-136 dated June 23, 1960, Denpasar then established as the capital for the Province of Bali which was originally located in Singaraja.
Then, based on Government Regulation No. 20 of 1978, Denpasar officially became ” the City of Denpasar ”, and in line with the capabilities and potential of the region in implementing regional autonomy, on January 15, 1992, pursuant to Law No. 1 of 1992, and Denpasar was upgraded to ” municipality ”, which was inaugurated by the Minister of Home Affairs on February 27, 1992.
Denpasar city is located at a height of 0-75 meters above sea level and it has an area of 127.78 km² big, or 2.18% of the total area of Bali Province. Precipitation levels by an average of 244 mm per month, with a fairly high rainfall occurs in December. While the average air temperature around 29.8 ° C with the lowest average around 24.3 ° C.
Denpasar City population is 788,445 according to the cencus of 2010 with growth rate per year within the period 2000-2010 amounted to 4%, with the ratio of the number of male population more 4:57% compared with the total population of women.
Approximately 63.30% of the population to Hinduism, while Islam is the largest minority with a number of 28.65%, then Christianity 6:45%, Buddha1.47% and Khonghucu 0.03%.
Denpasar city has had good health care facilities in the province of Bali, there are three hospitals owned by the government such as Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, Wangaya and RSAD Udayana Hospital as well as 13 pieces of private hospitals.
Meanwhile, in order to improve equity of health services to the people, the government of Denpasar has built 10 health centers and 26 fruits health centers, the health center per 100,000 population ratio was 1.7