Becak : Traditional and Art Transportation

Becak is traditional modal transportation in Indonesia, Becak was one of the three-wheel mode of transportation in Jogja also that generally were found in Indonesia. Instead of Indonesia, it also found in some of Asia.

The normal capacity of Becak was two passengers and a driver. Usually there are two kind of becak in Indonesia :

Becak with the driver behind the passanger (Java).
Becak with the driver seating side the passanger (Sumatera).

Becak also could be subdivided in two sub-kinds, which is:

The paddle Becak - Becak that used the bicycle as the rudder.
The motorized Becak - Becak that used the motorcycle as the rudder.

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GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS

LIMITS AREAS
Yogyakarta city serves as the capital of the Province of Yogyakarta and is the only area city level II status in addition 4 other second level with the status of the District Yogyakarta city is located in the midst of Yogyakarta Province, with boundaries as follows 
 
North District of Sleman

East : Bantul and Sleman
South side Bantul
West: Bantul and Sleman

STATE OF NATURE
Broadly speaking, the city of Yogyakarta is lowland where from west to east is relatively flat and from north to south has a slope of ± 1 degree, and there are three (3) crossing the river city of Yogyakarta, namely:
To the east is the River Gajah Wong
The middle section is the Code River
West is the River Winongo

AREA
Yogyakarta city has an area of ​​the narrowest compared with other second level, which is 32.5 km ² which means that 1.025% of the area of ​​the Province of Yogyakarta
With an area of ​​3,250 hectares is divided into 14 Districts, 45 Sub-District, 617 RW, and RT 2531, and is inhabited by 428 282 people (source data from SIAK as of February 28, 2013) with an average density of 13,177 people / km ²

SOIL TYPE
The condition is quite fertile soil of Yogyakarta city and allow planting a variety of crops and trade, due to its location is didataran slopes of Mount Merapi (Fluvia vulcanic plain foot) that contain the outline of land regosol or young volcanic soil line with urban development and rapid settlement, land City farming is declining every year. 1999 data showed shrinkage of 7.8% of the total area of ​​the city of Yogyakarta (3249.75) since switching function, (yard)

CLIMATE
Climate type "AM and AW", the average rainfall is 2,012 mm / yr with 119 rainy days, an average temperature of 27.2 ° C and an average humidity of 24.7%. The wind is generally blowing monsoon and the rainy season with a southwest wind blowing toward 220 ° is wet and bring rain, in the dry season, monsoon winds blowing southeast toward a rather dry with ± 90 ° - 140 ° with an average speed of 5-16 knots / hour

DEMOGRAPHICS
City population increases from year to year is quite high, at the end of 1999 a population of 490 433 people and the City until the end of June 2000 recorded population of the city of Yogyakarta as many as 493 903 people with an average density of 15,197 / km ². Life expectancy of Yogyakarta city population by sex, male and female age of 72.25 years 76.31 years of age. 
Source: http://www.jogjakota.go.id/about/kondisi-geographical-city-yogyakarta

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