Bangkalan Regency

Infobox Regency of Indonesia
official_name = Bangkalan Regency
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province = East Java
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capital = Bangkalan
leader_name = R.K.H. Fuad Amin Imron
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area_total = 1.260 cite website| url=http://jatim.bps.go.id/altitude.html| title=Altitudes and Areas by Regency/City| publisher=Bureau of Central Statistics, East Java Province| accessdate=2007-05-02| work=Geographical Situation]
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population_total = 926.560 cite website| title=Population Projection by Regency and City 2002–2005| work=Population and Manpower| publisher=Bureau of Central Statistics, East Java Province| url=http://jatim.bps.go.id/popprojection.html | accessdate=2007-05-02]
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website = [http://www.bangkalankab.go.id/]
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Bangkalan Regency is a regency ( _id. kabupaten) 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 main gateway between the Madura island and Java island, where ferries serve the port with the Ujung port nearby Surabaya. In the future, a plan has been developed to build the Suramadu Bridge connecting Java and Madura islands, which will be the longest bridge in Indonesia.

Bangkalan Regency is included in the Gerbangkertosusila development regions, an extended region of Surabaya industrial areas.

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

See also

* List of regencies and cities of Indonesia

References