Bangkalan
Bangkalan Bhângkalan | |
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Town | |
7°01′31″S 112°45′07″E / 7.025313°S 112.751930°E / -7.025313; 112.751930 | |
Country | Indonesia |
Region | Java |
Province | East Java |
Regency | Bangkalan Regency |
Area | |
• Total | 35.02 km2 (13.52 sq mi) |
Population (mid 2023 estimate[1]) | |
• Total | 89,550 |
• Density | 2,600/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+7 (IWST) |
Area code | (+62) 31 |
Bangkalan (Madurese: Bhângkalan) is a town on the western coast of Madura Island in Indonesia, the government seat of the Bangkalan Regency.
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.
Climate data for Bangkalan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.7 (89.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.5 (81.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.4 (74.1) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 289 (11.4) | 236 (9.3) | 252 (9.9) | 218 (8.6) | 164 (6.5) | 98 (3.9) | 54 (2.1) | 36 (1.4) | 33 (1.3) | 65 (2.6) | 141 (5.6) | 252 (9.9) | 1,838 (72.5) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[3] |
References
- Witton, Patrick (2003). Indonesia. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 166. ISBN 1-74059-154-2.
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