The Masalembu Islands (Indonesian:''Kepulauan Mesalembu'') lie in the Java Sea to the north of Madura, about halfway between

Madura Madura Island is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java. The island comprises an area of approximately (administratively 5,379.33 km2 including various smaller islands to the east, southeast and north that are administrati ...

and

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...

. They administratively form Masalembu District (''kecamatan'') of Sumenep Regency of

, in the Indonesian province of

East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...

. The

Madurese language Madurese (; Pegon: ) is a language of the Madurese people, native to the Madura Island and Eastern Java, Indonesia; it is also spoken by migrants to other parts of Indonesia, namely the eastern salient of Java (comprising Pasuruan, Surabaya, M ...

is spoken on the islands. The three main islands are

Masalembu Island Masalembu is an island located in the Java Sea and is the largest island in the Masalembu Islands. It is administered by the Masalembu District of the Sumenep Regency which is centered on the island of Madura and is made up of two administrative ...

Masakambing Island Masakambing is a small Indonesian island in the Masalembu Islands of the Java Sea, and is part of the regency of Sumenep. It is administered as its own village of Masakambing. The island is home to the only remaining wild individuals of the ''abb ...

, and

Karamian Island Karamian is a small island in the Java Sea, about 100 km off the coast of Borneo, which is administratively part of Sumenep Regency in East Java. Part of the Masalembu Islands, it is its own administrative village (of Karamian) and is populated by ...

. The land area of the district is 40.85 square km, and they had a population of 20,687 people in the 2000 census, increasing to 21,705 at the 2010 Census and to 25,809 at the 2020 Census.Statistics Indonesia.

Main Islands

Masalembu Island

Masalembu Island is close to the equator, and have high capacity for biodiversity habitat, with corals reefs, mangroves, algae forests, and upwelling areas that acts as to sustain fisheries and other highly valuable economic activities.

Masakambing Island

Masakambing Island is about 10 miles from the north of Masalembu Island. The area of Masakambing Island is about 3.18 km² inhabited by one village, Masakambing Village, with a population in 2000 reaching 1,268 inhabitants.

Keramaian Island

The island is about 29 miles from the north of Masalembu Island, has an area of about 9.79 km² and is inhabited by one village, namely the Village of Kersatria, with a population in 2000 of 3,287 inhabitants.

References

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