Sumenep Regency ( Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Sumenep'', Madurese: ''Kabhupatèn Songennep'', Carakan: ''꧋ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦱꦺꦴꦔꦼꦤ꧀ꦤꦼꦥ꧀꧉'', Pèghu: ''كابوڤاتين سَوڠٓنّٓڤ'', Lontara': ᨀᨅᨘᨄᨈᨛ ᨔᨚᨂᨛᨊᨛᨊᨛᨄᨛ) is a

regency A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

of the

East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a 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 border its northern and ...

province,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

. It has an area of 2,093.59 km² and a population of 1,042,312 inhabitants according to the 2010 census (an increase from 985,981 from the previous census in 2000); the 2020 census resulted in a total of 1,124,436. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 1,134,810. The regency occupies the eastern end of

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 ...

island and also includes numerous islands to the east (primarily Talango, the

Sapudi Islands Sapudi Islands are a group of 14 islands that lie between Madura Island and the Kangean islands of Indonesia. It is part of the Greater Sunda Islands and is located in the Java Sea. The Sapudi Islands are administered as three ''kabupaten'' (dist ...

, 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 ...

), the north (the

Masalembu Islands The Masalembu Islands (Indonesian:''Kepulauan Mesalembu'') lie in the Java Sea to the north of Madura, about halfway between Madura and Borneo. They administratively form Masalembu District (''kecamatan'') of Sumenep Regency of Madura ...

), and the south (the Giligenteng Islands) of Madura. It is bordered by the Pamekasan Regency to the west, Madura Strait to the south, and the

Java Sea The Java Sea ( id, Laut Jawa, jv, Segara Jawa) is an extensive shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf, between the Indonesian islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south, Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi to the east. Karimata Strait to its no ...

to the north and east. Its administrative capital is Sumenep. The airport nearby is

Trunojoyo Airport Trunojoyo Airport ( id, Bandara Trunojoyo) is an airport near Sumenep, a city in the Madura Island of East Java, Indonesia. It is named after the Madurese nobleman Trunajaya Trunajaya (Madurese) or Tronajâyâ, also known as Panembahan Madure ...

with flights to Surabaya.

Geography and administration

Administrative boundaries

Sumenep Regency is located at the eastern end of Madura Island; it also includes 126 scattered islands located between 113 ° 32'54 "-116 ° 16'48" East Longitude and between 4 ° 55'-7 ° 24 'South latitude. The regency is bordered to the south by the

Strait of Madura Madura Strait is a stretch of water that separates the Indonesian islands of Java and Madura, in the province of East Java. The islands of Kambing, Giliraja, Genteng, and Ketapang lie in the Strait. The Suramadu Bridge, the longest in Ind ...

and Bali Sea, to the north by the

, to the west by Pamekasan Regency (the only land border) and to the east by the Java Sea and Flores Sea.

Area

The total land area of Sumenep Regency is 2,093.59 km²: this was formerly quoted as comprising 179.32 km² of settlements, 423.96 km² of forest, 14.68 km² of grass area or vacant land, 1,130.19 km² of farm/moor/bush/field, 59.07 km² of pool/aquaculture/brackish water/lakes/reservoirs/wetlands, and 63.41 km² of "other" areas. The marine area of Sumenep Regency, with its vast diversity of marine resources and potential for fishery, is about 50,000 km ² +.

Administrative districts

Sumenep Regency is divided into twenty-seven

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

(''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages (328 rural ''desa'' and 4 urban ''kelurahan'') in each district. Sumenep Regency, besides including the eastern quarter of Madura Island, also includes many offshore islands - notably the

to the east of Madura, the smaller

lying between Madura and the Kangean Islands, and Talango Island closer to Madura; it also includes the small

to the north (between Madura and

Kalimantan Kalimantan () is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia. In Indonesia, "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo. In 2019, ...

) and the Giligenteng Islands to the southeast of Madura. The mainland (i.e. the area on Madura Island itself) covers 1,156.21 km² (with 796,614 inhabitants in mid 2021) consisting of 18 districts, while the various islands are 937.38 km² in area (with 338,196 people in mid 2021), comprising 9 districts, with 128 islands, 46 inhabited. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The districts are subdivided (as at 2007) into: * Villages: 328 rural ''desa'' and 4 urban ''kelurahan'' * Pillars of Citizens (RW): 1,774 * Neighborhoods (RT): 5,569

References

External links

East Java Government website

Sumenep Regency Government website
{{Authority control Regencies of East Java Madura Island