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Encyclopedia > Bangkalan Regency
Bangkalan Regency
East Java, Indonesia
locator of Bangkalan Regency
Capital Bangkalan
Regent R.K.H. Fuad Amin Imron
Area 1.260 [1] km²
Population (2005) 926.560 [2]
Website: [1]

Bangkalan Regency is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) of East Java province in Indonesia. The seat of its government is Bangkalan. The Regency is located on the west side of Madura Island, bordering with Sampang Regency at the east, Java Sea at the north and Madura Strait at west and the south side. East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia. ... This article is about a city that serves as a center of government and politics. ... Bangkalan is a regency (kabupaten) of East Java, Indonesia. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia. ... Bangkalan is a regency (kabupaten) of East Java, Indonesia. ... The Java Sea (Jawa Sea) is a large (310,000 km²), shallow sea in the southern Pacific Ocean. ... The Madura Strait (Selat Madura) is a narrow stretch of water that separates the Indonesian islands of Java and Madura. ...


Kamal port is the main gateway between the Madura island and Java island, where ferries serve the port with the Ujung port nearby Surabaya. In the future, a plan has been developed to build the Suramadu Bridge connecting Java and Madura islands, which will be the longest bridge in Indonesia. View of the Puncak area in West Java Java (Indonesian: Jawa) is the most populous of Indonesias islands, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ... Surabaya (formerly Soerabaja) is Indonesias second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. ... The Suramadu Bridge (Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya-Madura Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge currently under construction between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia. ...


Bangkalan Regency is included in the Gerbangkertosusila development regions, an extended region of Surabaya industrial areas. Gerbangkertosusila is an acronym of Gresik Bangkalan Mojokerto Surabaya Sidoarjo Lamongan, a main area in East Java consisting of those six cities. ...


Administratevly, the Regency is divided into 18 sub-districts, which are further divided more into a number of villages.


See also

Indonesia Portal
  • List of regencies and cities of Indonesia

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References

  1. ^ Altitudes and Areas by Regency/City. Geographical Situation. Bureau of Central Statistics, East Java Province. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  2. ^ Population Projection by Regency and City 2002–2005. Population and Manpower. Bureau of Central Statistics, East Java Province. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.


 
 

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