Sokaraja

Sokaraja is a small town, about 9 miles southeast town of Purwokerto, Banyumas. People familiar with the city as a typical hawker center Banyumasan, chips and fried getuk. Since the mid 80's, this city is already overdo closely with the epithet as the city chips and getuk city. In fact, this nickname was not excessive because protol 1.5 kilometers along the road which divides the city's west and east, lined with dozens of stalls offering a striking nameplate trade mark respectively. Every weekend night, would often found dozens of inter-city buses and private cars lined up along the roadside, waiting for passengers who are shopping for souvenirs of this unique snack.

Sokaraja cleaved by the river (Kali Pelus) right in the middle, that separates the city into the northern (Sokara lor times) and southern (south Sokaraja times). Village Sokaraja Lor and Sokaraja Wetan north Pelus time more than the agricultural character of the village Sokaraja Kidul, Kulon on the south central and more patterned city. Center focuses on industry and commerce throughout the four-segment protocol Sokaraja road connecting with other cities and regions coincide exactly in belalakang settlements lined the store / kiosk. Meanwhile, paddy fields forming the outer circle surrounding the city Sokaraja in eight directions of the compass.
Sokaraja is the center of urban settlement and the first commercially developed in the region Banyumas. The city is the first district which received capital injections Netherlands in the early enactment of forced cultivation time (1840-1870). It is said that the story, choosing Sokaraja much influenced by the collaboration of local authorities Sokaraja time
(Tumenggung Jayadireja) with Dutch kumpeni at Diponegoro War (1825-1830). While other regions have not yet moved from the geographical isolation and subsistence agriculture, Sokaraja've got an abundance of physical development such as railroads, bridges, markets, irrigation canals, and highways. In short, sugar became the dominant economic mode in this region up to its bankruptcy after the end of the world depression of the 1920s. Weathered old building Kalibagor Sugar Mill (500 meters south of the city), established in 1839 is witness of the triumph of sugar in the local economy over the span of a century Sokaraja.

To an outsider, may indeed overdo Sokaraja closely with getuk and chips. But for the natives, Sokaraja have more colorful history with a different nickname for each period. Various nicknames were a sign of changing economic activity. Between 1930-1960, Sokaraja known as the city of batik. From the beginning of New Order until the late 80s, the city was known by the nickname of paintings and ceramics town. Getuk fries and chips only marks the latest development of economic activities of its inhabitants. Whether nickname what else will appear after this.