Bangkalan

Bangkalan

Bangkalan

Town in Java, Indonesia

Bangkalan (Madurese: Bhângkalan) is a town on the western coast of Madura Island in Indonesia, the government seat of the Bangkalan Regency.

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Double-page from the Qur'an manuscript from Bangkalan, made c. 1900. Art Gallery of South Australia

Tourism

Mount Jaddih is 10 kilometres from Bangkalan and can be accessed by a motorcycle to the mountain top to see Bangkalan town and Suramadu Bridge. The 500-hectare limestone hill of Mount Jaddih also offers a spring-water swimming pool for free. Other objects of interest to tourists near Bangkalan are a lighthouse from the Dutch colonial era (15 kilometers), Rongkang Beach (20 kilometers), and the religious site of Mount Geger (60 kilometers).[2]

Suramadu Bridge to Java

The Suramadu Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, connects the south of Bangkalan Regency on Madura to the city of Surabaya on the mainland of Java.

Climate

Bangkalan has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy rainfall from November to May.

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References

  1. [1]
    Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Bangkalan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3526)
  2. [2]
    Musthofa Bisri (August 11, 2014). "Mount Jaddih, New Tourism Spot of Bangkalan".
  3. [3]
    "Climate: Bangkalan". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  • Witton, Patrick (2003). Indonesia. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 166. ISBN 1-74059-154-2.


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