Jepara is on the north coast of Java, northeast of Semarang, not far from Mount Muria, with a population of 81,920 in mid-2022.

Jepara is known for the Javanese teak wood carving art as well as the birthplace of Kartini, a pioneer in the area of women's rights for Indonesians.

[2] In the 16th century, Jepara was an important port; in early 1513, its king, Yunnus (Pati Unus) led an attack against Portuguese Malacca.

His force is said to have been made up of one hundred ships and 5000 men from Jepara and Palembang but was defeated.

As a result, some of Jepara's residents have at part European, Chinese, Arabs, Malay or Bugis ancestry.