Abstract
Nowadays, the efforts to unveil identity of a city have an important role as a distinction from others and the recognition as a separable entity. To unveil means to understand the character, to see the clarity and to feel the distinctiveness. Cilacap itself grows under the harbor city path as the only district that naturally forms the harbor geographically in Central Java. Ever since, the harbor always has an important role in distribution industrial product. Under the VOC governance, Cilacap had a vital function as a chain in the distribution of industrial sectors. Population growth is in line with the rise of the industry in Cilacap. Essentially, the culture acculturation and assimilation brought new culture of Cilacap. The utilization of city space as a culture venue gathers every single society in town. This phenomenon reforms the identity of Cilacap. This research aimed to unveil the dominant factors that contribute to the reform of the city identity of Cilacap. This research was commenced by literature study by using quantitative approach and descriptive rationalistic data using SPSS 18.0. This research revealed there are six main factors in the reforms of Cilacap’s Identity. An amount of 48,61% represents the vivid, unique, and distinctive character of Cilacap, while the 51.39% is influenced by other factors not included in this research. Industrial factor dominates the concept of identity of Cilacap by 10.9% mainly due to the physical manifestation of the city.
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