Singaraja is the largest city after Denpasar. The population includes many ethnic and religious groups. Singaraja has a historical library, The Gedong Kirtya that collects more than 3,000 Balinese manuscripts. The Dutch established it in the late 1920s. It has the finest collection of lontar, which is a traditional books emblazoned on palm leaf strips and potted between two pieces of wood or bamboo.
Singaraja is the regency seat of Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia. It is on the north coast just east of Lovina. It has an area of 27.98 km² and population of 80,500. Singaraja was the Dutch colonial administrative centre for Bali and the Lesser Sunda Islands until 1953, and the port of arrival for most visitors until development of the Bukit Peninsula area in the south.
Gedong Kirtya, just south of the town centre, is the only library of lontar manuscripts (ancient and sacred texts on leaves of the rontal palm) in the world.
Places of Interest :
* Lovina Beach
* Air Sanih
* Jagaraga
* Sangsit and Beji temple
* Pura dalem Sangsit
* Sawan village (where the making of Gamelan music instrument).
* Pura Batu perforated
* Pura Meduwe Coral
* Ponjok Stone
* Sembiran
* Gitgit
* Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan Beratan
* Village (where the production of gold and silver jewelry).
* Village Banyuning (renowned for its clay handicrafts device).
* Waterfall Sing sing
* Grave Netherlands
* Ganesha statue in southeast asia
* Water and heat banjar wihara in the village banjar
* Pura pulaki
* Pura Celukterima
* Pulau Menjangan
* Village Mayong
In this city there is also a statue of Singaraja, this statue be Ambara name Tugu Lion King, perhaps the concept is the symbol of the spirit of the people who used the Singaraja-incentive incessant to fight Dutch. The city's first city that was so many in the placenta, so now that the city is much more tidy, more quiet than Denpasar.
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