Madura Island is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java. The island comprises an area of approximately 4,436.77 square kilometres (1,713.05 sq mi). Administratively, Madura is part of the province of East Java. It is separated from Java by the narrow Madura Strait. The administered area had a density of 755.6 people per km2 in mid-2023, while the main island had a somewhat higher figure of 840 per km2.
Surabaya is the capital city of East Java province and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strait, it is one of the earliest port cities in Southeast Asia. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Surabaya is one of the four main central cities of Indonesia, alongside Jakarta, Medan, and Makassar. The city had a population of 2,874,314 within its city limits at the 2020 census. With 3,009,286 people living in the city as of mid 2023 and over 10 million in the extended Surabaya metropolitan area, according to the latest official estimate, Surabaya was the second-largest metropolitan area in Indonesia. Surabaya metropolitan is also ASEAN's 6th largest economy ahead of Hanoi. In 2023, the city's GRP PPP was estimated at US$150.294 billion.
East Java is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost third of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and southern coasts, respectively, while the narrow Bali Strait to the east separates Java from Bali by around 2.29 kilometres (1.42 mi). Located in eastern Java, the province also includes the island of Madura, as well as the Kangean islands and other smaller island groups located further east and the Masalembu archipelago to the north. Its capital is Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia, a major industrial center and also a major business center. Banyuwangi is the largest regency in East Java and the largest on the island of Java.
Probolinggo is a city on the north coast of East Java province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 56.676 sq. km, and had a population of 217,062 at the 2010 census and 239,649 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 246,980. It is surrounded on the landward side by Probolinggo Regency of which it was formerly the capital, but it is now not part of the regency.
Surabaya Gubeng Station, known as Spoorwegstation Goebeng Soerabaja during the Dutch East Indies era, is a railway station located at Gubeng Station Street, Pacarkeling, Tambaksari, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. This station is the biggest railway station in Surabaya and East Java, and is a departure from the main railway in Surabaya, especially towards the south and east, while the train that passes through the northern route, such as majors train Jakarta via Semarang, departed from Surabaya Pasar Turi Station.
The State of Madura was a federal state (negara bagian) formed on the Indonesian island of Madura by the Netherlands in 1948 as part of an attempt to reestablish the colony of the Dutch East Indies during the Indonesian National Revolution. It included Madura and neighbouring islands that now form part of the current province of East Java.
Soekarwo , popularly known as Uncle Karwo, is an Indonesian politician who served as the 13th governor of East Java from 2009 to 2019.
Raden Mas Tumenggung Ario Soerjo is now regarded as a National Hero of Indonesia. Soerjo and two policemen were captured by pro-communist (PKI) troop at Walikukun, Widodaren, Ngawi on 9 November 1948, and their dead bodies were found afterwards.
H. Saifullah Yusuf, better known by his nickname Gus Ipul, is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as the Minister of Social Affairs under Joko Widodo administration, replacing Tri Rismaharini due to her resignation. He also previously held several government offices, such as the Mayor of Pasuruan, former Vice Governor of East Java, and former Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration.
Mpu Tantular Museum is a State Museum located in Buduran, Sidorajo, East Java, a province of Indonesia. Formerly the Stedelijk Historisch Museum Soerabaia, the museum began as a society established by Godfried Hariowald von Faber in 1933. Today, the museum was the State Museum of the Province of East Java "Mpu Tantular".
The 2018 East Java gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of East Java along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council will be re-elected in 2019.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Surabaya, Indonesia.
In Indonesian law, the term "city" is generally defined as the second-level administrative subdivision of the Republic of Indonesia, an equivalent to regency. The difference between a city and a regency is that a city has non-agricultural economic activities and a dense urban population, while a regency comprises predominantly rural areas and is larger in area than a city. However, Indonesia historically had several classifications of cities.
Raden Roro Ayu Maulida Putri is an Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Ambassador, National Head of Communication of the Indonesian COVID-19 Response Acceleration Task Force, fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Indonesia 2020. Maulida is the third delegate from East Java to ever be crowned Puteri Indonesia after Putri Raemawasti in 2007 and Elvira Devinamira in 2014. She represented Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2020 pageant where she placed in the top 21, becoming the eighth and third consecutive Indonesian woman to place at the pageant.
The Governor of North Sumatra is the highest office in the province of North Sumatra. The governor of North Sumatra is an elected official who is responsible for leading the government in North Sumatra, proposing and enacting regional laws, and representing the North Sumatra province inside and outside the court. The governor alongside the deputy governor and 100 members of the Regional People's Representative Council are accountable for the strategic government of the province of North Sumatra.
Giri Kedaton was an Islamic kedatuan located in Gresik, East Java and existed in the 15th to 17th centuries, until Giri was conquered by the Mataram Sultanate in 1636.
Gatot Sudjito was an Indonesian politician from the Golkar party who served as a member of the Surabaya Regional People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2004, Member of the East Java Regional People's Representative Council from 1997 until 1999 and 2004 until 2014, and Member of the People's Representative Council from 2014 until his death.
Soeparmanto was an Indonesian bureaucrat who served as the Vice Governor of East Java from 1981 until 1989 and the Governor of Central Kalimantan from 1989 until 1994.
The Governor of West Java is the executive head of the West Java Province. He is responsible for running the government together with his deputy and members of the West Java Regional People's Representative Council as the legislative. The Governor of West Java is an elected politician who, along with the vice governor and 120 members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), is accountable for the strategic government of the province of West Java.
Raden Kun Wardana Abyoto is an Indonesian lecturer and politician. He is currently a lecturer at the Jakarta National Institute of Science and Technology. As a politician, he served as Secretary General of the Democratic Nationhood Party (PDK) from 2010 to 2015, replacing Rapiuddin Hamarung. He eventually switched political parties to the National Mandate Party (PAN).
