The name Denpasar – from the Balinese words "den", meaning north, and "pasar", meaning market – indicates the city's origins as a market-town, on the site of what is now Kumbasari Market (formerly "Peken Payuk"), in the

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The city's population was counted as 788,445 in 2010, up from 533,252 in the previous decade. The provincial website lists the December 2017 population at 897,300.
Denpasar's population grew about 4% per year in the period from

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The real Bali was known for its mud walls and thatched gates. However, gated residential developments and shop houses now characterize urban

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Colonial era
In the 18th and 19th century, Denpasar functioned as the capital of the Hindu Majapahit Kingdom of

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Denpasar is located at an elevation of 4 m (13 ft) above sea level. While the total area of 127.78 km or 2.18% of the total area of Bali Province. From the

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Administratively, the city government consists of four districts, subdivided into 43 sub-districts with 209 villages. Denpasar has developed

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The development of tourism and structural changes in the economy have had a strong impact on Denpasar. Trade, hotels, and restaurants dominate the

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