Mount Merapi (peak height of 2968 m above sea level, as of 2006) is a volcano in the central part of Java Island and is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. Slopes of the south side are in the administrative district of Sleman, Yogyakarta Special Region, and the rest are in the region of Central Java province, namely Magelang district on the west side, Boyolali district in the north and east, and Klaten district in the southeast. The forest area around the peak to be Mount Merapi National Park area since 2004.
The mountain is very dangerous because, according to modern records have eruption (peak activity) every two to five years and is surrounded by very dense settlement. Since the year 1548, this mountain has erupted 68 times as much. Magelang and Yogyakarta City is the nearest big city, is under 30 km from the summit. On the slopes there is still a settlement to a height of 1700m and only four kilometers from the summit. Because of this importance, Merapi became one of sixteen volcanoes of the world are included in the Decade Volcanoes project.
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