Java Timur
Jawa Timur East Java |
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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
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) |
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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 |
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
- ^ M. Valentino Barus: Indonesia Through Stamps 1945-2012 . Ed .: Lestari Kiranatama. Jakarta, ISBN 979-95138-3-9 , pp. 17 .