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A. Overview
The zoo is known as Gembiraloka this is the only zoo in the city of Yogyakarta. Although effective as a zoo, Gembiraloka still classified as a museum, which fall into the category Zoologicum museum or museum animals, also including a special type of museum. When viewed from the side of the history of its emergence, he is the second oldest museum in Yogyakarta after the Museum Sonobudoyo.
In 1933, the idea of zoos in the area this time, Gajah Wong emerged from the king of Mataram, which is Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII. The Emperor crave attractions or entertainment for people of a botanical garden (garden Rojo). Later, this idea he consult an Austrian architect named Kohler. Still, the idea of founding a new zoo can be realized...
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