Kediri (city)

Kediri
City of Kediri
Kota Kediri
Other transcription(s)
 • JavaneseKutha Kadhiri (Latin)
ꦏꦸꦛꦏꦝꦶꦫꦶ (Hanacaraka)
كوڟا كاڎيري (Pegon)
Clockwise, from top left : Gudang Garam Headquarters, Grand Mosque of Kediri, Surowono Temple, Simpang Lima Gumul Monument
Nicknames: 
Kota Industri
(City of Manufacture)
Motto(s): 
Joyo ing Boyo (Javanese)
ꦗꦺꦴꦪꦺꦴꦆꦁꦧꦺꦴꦪꦺꦴ
(Triumphant against the catastrophe)
Location within East Java
Kediri
Location in Java and Indonesia
Kediri
Kediri (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 07°48′40″S 112°00′17″E / 7.81111°S 112.00472°E / -7.81111; 112.00472
Country Indonesia
Province East Java
Founded27 July 879
Government
 • MayorVinanda Prameswati
 • Vice RegentQowimuddin Thoha
Area
 • Total
67.23 km2 (25.96 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (mid 2024 estimate)
 • Total
301,424
 • Density4,483/km2 (11,610/sq mi)
 
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 354
Vehicle registrationAG
HDI 0.795
High (2022)
Websitekedirikota.go.id

Kediri (Javanese: ꦏꦸꦛꦏꦝꦶꦫꦶ, Kutha Kadhiri, Javanese pronunciation: [ku.ʈa kə.d̪i.ri]) is a city, located near the Brantas River in the province of East Java on the island of Java in Indonesia. It covers an area of 67.23 km2 and had a population of 268,950 at the 2010 Census and 286,796 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 301,424 (comprising 149,683 males and 151,741 females). It is one of two 'Daerah Tingkat II' that have the name 'Kediri' (the other is the Regency of Kediri, which surrounds the city). The city is administratively separated from the Regency, of which it was formerly the capital.

Archaeological artefacts discovered in 2007 appeared to indicate that the region around Kediri may have been the location of the Kediri Kingdom, a Hindu kingdom in the 11th century.

The city is a major trade centre for the Indonesian sugar and cigarette industry. Kediri is the second largest city by economy in East Java, after Surabaya, with a 2016 estimated GDP at Rp76.95 trillion.