Klaten is the capital of regency, which thrives on the sugar industry. The Klaten Regency occupies an area of 655,56 square kilometers and consists of 26 sub districts and more than 401 villages. Many pilgrims visit the grave of
Sunan Bayat (one of the nine early Islamic preachers).
In
Jatinom, the traditional ceremony of
Sebaran Apem Yaqowiyu(Yaqowiyu Ceremony) is held each year. Rice-flour cakes are given out to the people. There is the grave of a poet of the
Solo royal palace,
Ronggo Warsito, and a resort called
Rowo Jombar, about twenty-three kilometers from Solo toward the northwest.
In Klaten there is the
Sugar Museum, which is much visited by the people of Klaten Regency and its surroundings.
