WONOSOBO, a town in Central Java, residency Kedu, the "capital" of Java's beautiful highland district known as the Dieng Plateau, is 7,00o f t. high and surrounded by mountains. Wonosobo is 3,400 f t. high and is connected by steam tramway with the main railways of Java. Pop. (193o) 8,723. A delightful climate makes Wonosobo a fine starting-point for excursions to the Plateau. A motor road runs from Wonosobo to Garung, five m. distant, and from there to the Plateau a rough road, traversed on foot, or by sedan chair, leads, by way of the charming lake of Mendjer, to Kejajar. A climb from here leads
past the native villages of Tieng, Lowang, Wadasputi and Par ikesit, on to the Plateau, where there is a small hotel and a government rest-house (pasangrahan). The Plateau has a cold and bracing climate, almost Alpine scenery, small lakes, several Arjuna temples of Hindu construction (see JAVA).