Bangkalan

Bangkalan
Town
Bangkalan
Location in Java and Indonesia
Bangkalan
Bangkalan (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 7°01′31″S 112°45′07″E / 7.025313°S 112.751930°E / -7.025313; 112.751930Coordinates: 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
Population
 • Total 94.729
Time zone UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code (+62) 31

Bangkalan is a town on the western coast of Madura Island in Indonesia, the government seat of the Bangkalan Regency.

Tourism

Mount Jaddih is 10 kilometers from Bangkalan and can be accessed by a motorcycle to the mountain top to see Bangkalan town and Suramadu Bridge. A 500 hectares limestone hill of Mount Jaddih is also offer spring-water swimming pool for free. The other tourism objects are lighthouse from the Dutch colonialism era (15 kilometers), Rongkang Beach (20 kilometers), and religious site Mount Geger (60 kilometers).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Musthofa Bisri (August 11, 2014). "Mount Jaddih, New Tourism Spot of Bangkalan".
  • Witton, Patrick (2003). Indonesia. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 166. ISBN 1-74059-154-2.
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