Ambarawa
![The city of Ambarawa (in red) within the Semarang kabupaten](/Images/godic/202412/20/Locator_Kecamatan_Ambarawa0249.png")
![Fort Willem I (1865-1872)](/Images/godic/202412/20/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Het_fort_Willem_I_met_een_bergraafplaats_op_de_voorgrond_TMnr_3728-4420249.jpg")
Ambarawa is a market town located between Semarang and Salatiga in Central Java, Indonesia.
Ambarawa was an important connecting rail link providing a cog railway connecting through Central Java as far as Yogyakarta via Magelang. The Semarang-Ambarawa-Magelang line was fully operational until 1977 . It is the site of the Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa (Ambarawa Railway Museum), which feature rack railway between Ambarawa to Bedono on the former Ambarawa-Magelang mainline. 19th-century Fort Willem I penitentiary complex and military barrack is located in Ambarawa.