Java Timur

Jawa Timur East Java
Basic data
Area :	47,921 km²
Residents :	38,828,061
Population density :	810 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Surabaya
governor	Khofifah Indar Parawansa
Location in Indonesia
Website :	www.jatimprov.go.id

Jawa Timur , German East Java ( Madurese Jhâbâh Dhimor , Javanese Jawa Wétan ), is an Indonesian province on the island of Java . The province includes the eastern part of the island and the offshore island of Madura .

With over 750 inhabitants per square kilometer, Jawa Timur is the most sparsely populated province in Java. The majority of the population is made up of Javanese and Madurese people and the majority of them profess Islam (90%). The capital is Surabaya with around 2.4 million inhabitants, other important cities are Malang , Kediri and Banjuwangi .

Important branches of the economy are agriculture, including rice, coffee and tobacco, and the timber industry. Industrial companies are mainly found in the big cities.

In the 16th century the region came under the influence of Islam, from 1610 it belonged to the kingdom of Mataram , which ruled almost all of Java. In 1743 the Dutch began to settle, which led to the end of the Mataram Empire and its division into several small sultanates . In 1830 the Dutch had brought the whole region under their rule. After the Japanese occupation in World War II , Jawa Timur became a province of independent Indonesia in 1949.

The mascot of East Java is the Ayam bekisar , a cross between a domestic chicken and a fork-tailed chicken .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Jawa Timur has a semicircular shield shape. The star in the upper part of the coat of arms symbolizes the East Javanese belief in God. In the center of the coat of arms is the hero monument to represent heroism in the struggle for independence . Behind it is a volcano, a symbol of the passion of the East Javanese and of the large number of volcanoes in the region. The gate of a temple stands for pride in one's own culture. The rising prosperity is characterized by the cotton, the rice and the river, while the chain and the gear symbolize the will to develop. At the lower end of the coat of arms, the motto Jer Basuki Mawa Beya is added, which means success requires determination .

Administrative division

Administrative division of Jawa Timur

Jawa Timur consists of the following 29 administrative districts ( Kabupaten ) and the nine cities ( Kota ):

coat of arms	Kabupaten / Kota administrative district / city	location	Kecamatan districts	Kelurahan / Desa communities	Area [km²]	Population (2011)	Inhabitants / km² (2011)
	Kabupaten Bangkalan		18th	281	1,260.14	911,863	723.62
	Kabupaten Banyuwangi		24	217	5,782.50	1,564,833	270.62
	Kabupaten Blitar		22nd	248	1,588.79	1,122,922	706.78
	Kabupaten Bojonegoro		27	430	2,384.02	1,216,781	510.39
	Kabupaten Bondowoso		23	219	1,560.10	740.917	474.92
	Kabupaten Gresik		18th	356	1,191.25	1,183,665	993.63
	Kabupaten Jember		31	248	3,293.34	2,345,851	712.30
	Kabupaten Jombang		21st	306	1,159.50	1,209,172	1,042.84
	Kabupaten Kediri		26th	344	963.21	1,508,206	1,565.81
	Kabupaten Lamongan		27	474	1,812.80	1,185,693	654.07
	Kabupaten Lumajang		21st	205	1,790.90	1,012,121	565.15
	Kabupaten Madiun		15th	206	1,010.86	666.004	658.85
	Kabupaten Magetan		18th	235	688.85	623.933	905.76
	Kabupaten Malang		33	390	3,530.65	2,459,982	696.75
	Kabupaten Mojokerto		18th	304	969.36	1,031,213	1,063.81
	Kabupaten Nganjuk		20th	284	1,182.64	1,022,752	864.80
	Kabupaten Ngawi		19th	217	1,245.70	822.366	660.16
	Kabupaten Pacitan		12	171	1,389.87	543.924	391.35
	Kabupaten Pamekasan		13	189	732.85	800.396	1,092.17
	Kabupaten Pasuruan		24	365	1,474.00	1,520,978	1,031.87
	Kabupaten Ponorogo		21st	305	1,371.78	860.093	626.99
	Kabupaten Probolinggo		24	330	1,696.17	1,102,412	649.94
	Kabupaten Sampang		14th	186	1,152.04	882.711	766.26
	Kabupaten Sidoarjo		18th	353	719.63	1,952,421	2,713.09
	Kabupaten Situbondo		17th	136	1,669.87	651.263	390.01
	Kabupaten Sumenep		27	332	2,093.46	1,048,177	500.69
	Kabupaten Trenggalek		14th	157	1,261.40	678.206	537.66
	Kabupaten Tuban		20th	328	1,904.70	1,124,757	590.52
	Kabupaten Tulungagung		19th	271	1,055.65	995.729	943.24
	Batu		3	24	136.74	191.254	1,398.67
	Blitar		3	21st	32.58	132.712	4,073.42
	Kediri		3	46	63.40	270.018	4,258.96
	Madiun		3	27	33.23	171,926	5,173.82
	Malang		5	57	110.06	824.858	7,494.62
	Mojokerto		2	18th	16.46	120,873	7,343.44
	Pasuruan		3	34	36.56	187.310	5,123.36
	Probolinggo		5	29	25.24	218.283	8,648.30
	Surabaya		31	160	333,063	2,781,047	8,349.91
	total		662	8503	47,112.36	37,687,622	1,978.12

See also : Administrative division of Indonesia

Coordinates: 7 ° 56 '  S , 112 ° 57'  E

literature

• Provinsi Jawa Timur Dalam Angka 2012, Badan Pusan ​​Statistics Provinsi Jawa Timur ( E-book, Indonesian )

Individual evidence

1. ^ M. Valentino Barus: Indonesia Through Stamps 1945-2012 . Ed .: Lestari Kiranatama. Jakarta, ISBN 979-95138-3-9 , pp. 17 .