Sapudi Islands
| Sapudi Islands | ||
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| Waters | Java lake | |
| archipelago | Malay Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 7 ° 9 ′ S , 114 ° 29 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 13 | |
| Main island | Sapudi | |
The Sapudi Islands ( Kepulauan Sapudi in Indonesian ) are an Indonesian group of islands northeast of Java .
geography
The Sapudi Islands are 20 kilometers east of Madura Island , across the Strait of Sapudi , and west of the Kangean Islands .
13 islands belong to the archipelago. The largest island is Sapudi , in the west of the archipelago. It follows eight kilometers east, on the other side of the Strait of Raas with Raas (Ra'as) the second largest island. There are several islands off the coast of Raas, a little further east is the island of Tonduk (Tundu). Eight kilometers north of the northwest of Raas is the Koset reef . To the northeast of Raas is a chain of other small islands. In the west first Sarok , then the trio Talango Aeng , Talango Tengah and Klosot (Talango Timur) and finally Guwa Guwa (Goagoa, Gua-Gua) with the small island two kilometers to the north. 13 kilometers northeast of Sapudi is the island of Pajangan (Payangan) and six kilometers southeast of it is Bulumanuk . The length of the entire archipelago in west-east direction is about 56 kilometers.
The islands belong to the administrative district ( Indonesian Kabupaten ) Sumenep of the province East Java ( Indonesian Jawa Timur ). The island of Sapudi is divided into the districts ( Indonesian Kecamatan ) Gayam and Nonggunong . The latter also includes the islands of Bulumanuk and Pajangan. Raas and the rest of the islands belong to the Raas district .
Except for Sapudi and Raas, the islands are flat.
Residents
68,830 people live on the archipelago (2010 census). The eastern dialect of Madurese serves as the local language . The majority of the population are Muslim.
history
Sapudi belonged to the heart of the Sumenep culture . According to legend, Adipoday ruled here over Sapudi and the surrounding islands. He is considered the alleged father of Jokotole , the folk hero of Madura. Adipoday's tomb is located in Nyamplong, in the west of the island, and is considered the center of a spiritual force. People regularly make pilgrimages to the grave, to meditate and pray. Adipoday is also said to be responsible for the Calophyllum inophyllum trees. Allegedly he ordered the planting on the island. Adipoday is also said to have introduced cattle breeding to the island. Sapudi is known for bull races, which are said to have been invented here.
In 1895 there were 286 sailing boats, so-called Perahu and Letelete, on Sapudi and the neighboring Raas . They were used for trade, for example to transport the cattle raised on the island and drove to Singapore and Medan . In 1903 there were even 440 boats. In the early 1980s the boats were motorized. In recent decades, however, the importance of the cattle trade has declined, as emigrants in southern Kalimantan and Madura appeared as competition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mapcarta: Pulau Sapudi , accessed November 24, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara Enroute
- ↑ Card of Bondowoso
- ↑ a b Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on January 26, 2013
- ↑ Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to Austronesian Studies (1905)
- ↑ a b c Kurt Stenross: THE SEAFARERS AND MARITIME ENTREPRENEURS OF MADURA - History, culture, and their role in the Java Sea timber trade , February 2007 , accessed on November 24, 2016.
