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Island of the Malay Archipelago, southern Indonesia, bounded on the north by the Java Sea, on the east by Bali Strait, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by Sunda Strait. Java extends in a generally easterly and westerly direction for a distance of about 1050 km (about 650 mi). The maximum width of the island, which lies about midway between the 5th and 10th parallels of south latitude, is about 204 km (126.2 miles). Jakarta is the largest city of Java and the capital of Indonesia. Other important cities in Java are Yogyakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Cirebon, Pekalongan, Sukabumi, Malang and Surakarta (Solo). The area of Java is about 126,520 sq km (about 48,850 sq mi). The population of Java (1990 estimate) is 104,701,252 (figure includes the population of the nearby island of Madura). | |
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Picture : The Cathedrale at Jl. Ijen Besar, Malang.
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City in southwestern Indonesia, on the island of Java, on the Brantas River, at the eastern foot of the Semeru Mountains, near Surabaya. Malang is a trade center in an agricultural area in which sugar, rice, coffee, tea, corn, peanuts, cassava, and cinchona bark are grown. The city also has railroad workshops, textile and lumber mills, tobacco and soap industries. The city is the site of Brawijaya University (1963). To the northeast and east are the lake resort of Wendit and Hindu temple ruins at Singosari and Tumpang. Malang was the capital of Malang residency before independence and an important Dutch military center until 1949. Population (1990) 650,295.