Sumenep is a
regency
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of the
East Java
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province,
Indonesia
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. It has an area of 2,093.47 square kilometres (808.29 sq mi) and an population of 1,143,002 (comprising 552,127 males and 590,875 females) as at mid 2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sumenep Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3529)] The administrative capital is
Kota Sumenep, has a name that reflects it is historical and cultural evolution. Formerly, the area was briefly known as Sungeneb in the 13th century, Purwareja in the 15th century, and Sumekar in the 16th century.
The regency occupies the eastern end of
Madura
is an list of islands of Indonesia, Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java. The island comprises an area of approximately (administratively including various smaller islands to the east, southeast and north that are administratively ...
island and also includes numerous smaller islands to the east (primarily
Talango Island, the
Sapudi Islands, and the
Kangean Islands), to the north (the
Masalembu Islands), and to 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
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to the north and east. The airport nearby is
Trunojoyo Airport with flights to
Surabaya
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.
Geography
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 and
the Bali Sea, to the north by the
Java Sea
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, to the west by
Pamekasan Regency (the only land border), and to the east by the Java Sea and
the Flores Sea.
Area
The total land area of Sumenep Regency is 2,093.47 km
2: this was formerly quoted as comprising 179.32 km
2 of settlements, 423.96 km
2 of forest, 14.68 km
2 of grass area or vacant land, 1,130.19 km
2 of farm/moor/bush/field, 59.07 km
2 of pool/aquaculture/brackish water/lakes/reservoirs/wetlands, and 63.41 km
2 of "other" areas. The marine area of Sumenep Regency, with its vast diversity of marine resources and potential for fishery, is about 9,319.65 km
2.
Climate
Sumenep has a
tropical savanna climate
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(Aw) with May to November and heavy rainfall from December to April.
Administrative districts
Sumenep Regency is divided into twenty-seven
districts
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(''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 census,
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] together with the official estimates as of mid-2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sumenep Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3529)] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 328 rural ''desa'' and 4 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter all in
Kota Sumenep District), and their postcodes.
Sumenep Regency, besides including the eastern quarter of Madura Island, also includes many offshore islands - notably the
Kangean Islands to the east of Madura, the smaller
Sapudi Islands lying between Madura and the Kangean Islands, and
Talango Island closer to Madura; it also includes the small
Masalembu Islands to the north (between Madura and
Kalimantan
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) and the Giligenteng Islands to the southeast of Madura. The mainland (i.e. the area on Madura Island itself) covers 1,156.07 km
2 (with 812,117 inhabitants in mid 2024) consisting of 18 districts, while the various islands are 937.40 km
2 in area (with 330,885 people in mid 2024), comprising 9 districts, with 128 islands, 46 inhabited.
BPS Kabupaten Sumenep
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.][Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Sumenep Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3529)]
Note: (a) comprising 4 ''kelurahan'' (Bangselok, Karangduak, Kepanjin and Pajagalan) and 12 ''desa''.
(b) includes the island of Gili Iyang (also known as ''Pulau Oksigen'') east of Madura, with an area of 9.15 km2 and an estimated mid-2023 population of about 8,600 people in 2 ''desa'' (Bancamara in the south and Banraas in the north).
The districts are subdivided (as at 2007) into:
* Villages: 328 rural ''desa'' and 4 urban ''kelurahan'' (all 4 ''kelurahan'' are in Kota Sumenep District)
* Pillars of Citizens (RW): 1,774
* Neighborhoods (RT): 5,569
Notes
References
External links
East Java Government website
Sumenep Regency Government website
{{Authority control
Regencies of East Java
Madura Island