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Pekalongan
 
 
(pk´´älông´gän) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 242,714), N central Java, Indonesia, on the Java Sea. It is a textile and batik center and the principal port for central Java; sugar, rubber, and tea are exported. A Dutch fort there was built in 1753.
 
 
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