Probolinggo (also Prabalingga) is a city on the north coast of East Java, Indonesia. Map showing East Java within Indonesia East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur) is one of Indonesias 32 provinces. ...

Like most of northern East Java, the city has a large Madurese population in addition to many ethnically Javanese people. It is located on one of the major highways across Java, and has a harbor that is heavily used by fishing vessels. Madurese is the spoken language of people from Madura island. ... The approximately 90 million Javanese form the largest ethnic group in Indonesia. ... Map of Java Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ...

Under the Dutch East Indies colonial administration, especially in the nineteenth century, Probolinggo was a lucrative regional center for refining and exporting sugar, and sugar remains an important product of the area. The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands Indië) was the name of the colonies set up by the Dutch East India Company, which came under administration of the Netherlands during the 19th century (see Indonesia). ... Magnified view of refined sugar crystals. ...

The city is famous for its mangoes, locally called manalagi mango. Strong dry-season winds from July to September, the angin gending, help the mango trees pollinate and are sometimes credited with being the source of the area's quality fruit. The city formerly produced grapes as well, but few grapes are grown in the area now. Species Mangifera altissima Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera foetida Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera siamensis The mango (Mangifera spp. ... Pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants: the transfer of pollen grains (male gametes) to the plant carpel, the structure that contains the ovule (female gamete). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The motto of the city is Bestari which is an abbreviation of bersih (cleanliness), sehat (healthy), tertib (orderly), aman (safe), rapi (neat), and indah (beautiful).

External links

• Travel guide to Probolinggo from Wikitravel

The top industries in Probolinggo is transportation. Most of the big company there is related with transportation. Probolinggo has one of the biggest Indonesian's bus company, Akas. Wikitravel is a project to create an open content, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide travel guide. ...