Gresik

Gresik

Infobox Regency of Indonesia
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province = East Java
motto = Gresik Berhias Iman
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Gresik is the capital of the sub-region of Gerbangkartasusilo, East Java, Indonesia.

History

The port of Gresik has been an important commercial center since the eleventh century, trading with merchants from as far away as China, India, and Arabia. These traders helped spread Islam in the area. In 1487, Sunan Giri, Syech Maulana Malik Ibrahim, also known as Sultan Ainul Yaqin, began to rule Gresik. In his 1515 book, "Suma Oriental", Portuguese apothecary and traveller, Tomé Pires, described Gresik as "the jewel of Java in trading ports" [cite book | last =Ricklefs | first =M.C. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1300 | publisher =MacMillan | date =2nd. ed. 1991 | location =London |pages= page 39| url = | doi = | id = ISBN 0-333-57689-6] Sunan Giri's descendants ruled the area for the next two centuries.

In 1974, the Indonesian government made Gresik, now a suburb of the regional capital of Surabaya, the capital of Gerbankartasusilo.

Industry

A big number of industries gathered at this city, mainly Agricultural support industries and Agricultural machineries. And a lot of home industry, the home industry in gresik is make cap (songkok), bag and etc.

Gresik today

The city is known for its many coffee shops, called "warkop" (from "warung kopi"). In 2003, Petrokimia Putra, a soccer club from Gresik, won their first national league in Jakarta.

References

Further reading

*cite book
last =Turner | first =Peter | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Java (1st edition) | publisher =Lonely Planet | date =1997 | location =Melbourne | pages =page 341| id = ISBN 0-86442-314-4

External links

* [http://www.gresik.go.id/en_sejarah.php Official Information Center of Gresik Regency]


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