Sapudi Islands are a group of 14 islands that lie between

Madura Island 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 administrat ...

and the

Kangean islands The Kangean Islands or simply Kangean ( Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Kangean'') is a collective name referred to the area of Kangean (the main island) and its surrounding islands lie in the north of Bali in northern Bali Sea, northwest of the ...

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. It is part of the

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and is located in the Java Sea. The Sapudi Islands are administered as three ''kabupaten'' (districts) of Sumenep Regency in the province of

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. The land area is 167.38 km², and there was a population of 82,024 at the 2010 Census and 85,284 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. 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. Nonggunong District includes the northern half of Sapudi Island (''Pulau Sapedi'') and the small offshore islands of Manok and Payangan, Gayam District includes the southern half of Sapudi Island, and Raas District comprises 11 islands further east. The main settlement on Sapudi Island (Nonggunong District) is Sonok, while on the eastern islands of Raas District, settlements are Ketupat and Brakas.

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