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Bangkalan Regency is a regency of East Java

East Java

East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and islands to its east and to its north East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and...

province in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. The seat of its government is Bangkalan

Bangkalan

Bangkalan Regency is a regency of East Java province in Indonesia. The seat of its government is Bangkalan. The regency is located on the west side of Madura Island, bordering with Sampang Regency at the east, Java Sea at the north and Madura Strait at west and the south side.Kamal port is the...

. The regency is located on the west side of Madura Island, bordering with Sampang Regency at the east, Java Sea

Java Sea

The Java Sea is a large shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf. It was formed as sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age. The Java Sea lies between the Indonesian islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south; Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi to the east...

at the north and Madura Strait

Madura Strait

Madura Strait is a stretch of water that separates the Indonesian islands of Java and Madura. The islands of Kambing, Giliraja, Genteng, and Ketapang lie in the Strait....

at west and the south side.

Kamal port is the main gateway between Madura island and Java

Java

Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...

, where ferries

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

serve the port with the Ujung port nearby Surabaya

Surabaya

Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...

. In 2009, the Suramadu Bridge

Suramadu Bridge

The Suramadu Bridge , also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, is a bridge with three cable-stayed sections constructed between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia...

was completed, being the first bridge ever to connect Java and Madura islands. The Suramadu Bridge is the longest bridge in Indonesia.

Bangkalan Regency is included in the Gerbangkertosusila

Gerbangkertosusila

Gerbangkertosusila is an acronym of "Gresik Bangkalan Mojokerto Surabaya Sidoarjo Lamongan", a main area in East Java consisting of those six cities and regencies....

development regions, an extended region of Surabaya industrial areas.

Administratively, the regency is divided into 18 sub-districts, which are further divided more into a number of villages.

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