Greater Malang

Greater Malang (Indonesian: Malang Raya) is a region in East Java, Indonesia, encompassing the municipality of Malang. Over 3 million people in East Java came from Greater Malang. The principal city, Malang is well-known as home of notable universities in Indonesia,[2] and its suburb, Batu is well-known as tourism center in East Java.[3]

Greater Malang
Malang cityscape at dusk
Coordinates: 8°00′S 112°37′E
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceEast Java
Principal cities
Satellite subregions
Area
 • Total3,882.44 km2 (1,499.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2017 estimate)
 • Total3,642,007
 • Density940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Arek Malang or Arema[1]
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Area code(+62) 341
Vehicle signN
Highest elevation 3,676 m/12,060 ft (Semeru, in Malang Regency)

History

Karesidenan Malang

In Dutch colonial era, Greater Malang was an residency, old form of second subdivision, called Karesidenan Malang (Malang Residency), consists of 4 cities (Malang, Batu, Pasuruan, Probolinggo) and 4 regencies (Malang Regency, Pasuruan Regency, Probolinggo Regency, Lumajang Regency).[4][5] But now, the definition of Greater Malang is just consists to almost covered of Malang highlands area, namely Malang, Batu, and Malang Regency.[6]

Demography
Administrative

division

 Area

(km2)

 Population

(2010 census)

 Population

(2017 estimate)

 Density/km2

(2017)

Malang City 145.28 822,201 861,414 5,929
Batu City 202.3 190,806 203,997 1,008
Malang Regency 3,534.86 2,451,997 2,576,596 728
Greater Malang 3,882.44 3,465,004 3,642,007 938

Sources:

Geography

Greater Malang is located in middle of East Java, and eastern part of the region included the Eastern salient of Java region. The region covered over 3,000 km2.

The eastern section of Greater Malang, among Java's most rugged, isolated the eastern salient from Java's central heartland to its west.[8] The Tengger massif (including Mount Bromo), and Mount Semeru, Java's highest peak, lie in this section.[8] The western area of region also has mountainous area, including Arjuno-Welirang and Kawi-Butak. However, on southern side of Greater Malang is just lower elevation plain with southern coast bordering Indian Ocean and small karst hills below 1000 meters.[9]

Climate

With almost of the region are plateau or highlands (except the southern area), the climate of Greater Malang is milder than the rest of Indonesia. In middle of year, mountainous area of Greater Malang over 2000 meters above sea level, is dry winter with light snow and frost, which means the temperature always below zero Celsius during late night until morning, especially the light snow is commonly visible in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.[10]

Climate data for Malang, East Java, Indonesia (elevation 450 m or 1,480 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 28.5
(83.3)		 28.5
(83.3)		 28.5
(83.3)		 28.7
(83.7)		 29.0
(84.2)		 28.8
(83.8)		 28.4
(83.1)		 29.3
(84.7)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.2
(86.4)		 29.5
(85.1)		 28.5
(83.3)		 29.0
(84.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.0
(75.2)		 24.1
(75.4)		 24.0
(75.2)		 24.0
(75.2)		 23.9
(75.0)		 23.2
(73.8)		 22.4
(72.3)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.6
(74.5)		 24.3
(75.7)		 24.3
(75.7)		 23.8
(74.8)		 23.7
(74.7)
Average low °C (°F) 19.6
(67.3)		 19.7
(67.5)		 19.5
(67.1)		 19.3
(66.7)		 18.9
(66.0)		 17.7
(63.9)		 16.5
(61.7)		 17.1
(62.8)		 17.5
(63.5)		 18.5
(65.3)		 19.2
(66.6)		 19.1
(66.4)		 18.5
(65.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 334
(13.1)		 307
(12.1)		 292
(11.5)		 173
(6.8)		 132
(5.2)		 77
(3.0)		 47
(1.9)		 26
(1.0)		 43
(1.7)		 106
(4.2)		 225
(8.9)		 326
(12.8)		 2,088
(82.2)
Average relative humidity (%) 81.7 82.3 82.2 79.2 79.8 77.3 75.1 72.9 70.9 70.9 74.4 79.1 77.1
Source 1: Climate-Data.org (temp & precip)[11]
Source 2: Weatherbase (humidity)[12]

According to Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of Malang city is tropical monsoon (Am).

Climate data for Tulungrejo, Bumiaji, Batu (elevation 1,200 m or 3,900 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 21.4
(70.5)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.5
(70.7)		 21.5
(70.7)		 21.2
(70.2)		 20.7
(69.3)		 21
(70)		 21.8
(71.2)		 22.2
(72.0)		 21.8
(71.2)		 21.5
(70.7)		 21.5
(70.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.6
(63.7)		 17.7
(63.9)		 17.8
(64.0)		 17.8
(64.0)		 17.3
(63.1)		 16.9
(62.4)		 16.1
(61.0)		 16.2
(61.2)		 16.9
(62.4)		 17.6
(63.7)		 17.9
(64.2)		 17.6
(63.7)		 17.3
(63.1)
Average low °C (°F) 13.9
(57.0)		 13.9
(57.0)		 14.1
(57.4)		 13.6
(56.5)		 13.2
(55.8)		 12.6
(54.7)		 11.5
(52.7)		 11.4
(52.5)		 12
(54)		 13.1
(55.6)		 14
(57)		 13.8
(56.8)		 13.1
(55.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 406
(16.0)		 353
(13.9)		 395
(15.6)		 242
(9.5)		 176
(6.9)		 81
(3.2)		 52
(2.0)		 35
(1.4)		 46
(1.8)		 130
(5.1)		 282
(11.1)		 385
(15.2)		 2,583
(101.7)
Average relative humidity (%) 81.7 82.3 82.2 79.2 79.8 77.3 75.1 72.9 70.9 70.9 74.4 79.1 77.1
Source 1: Climate-Data.org (temp & precip)[13]
Source 2: Weatherbase (humidity)[14]
Climate data for Ngadas, Malang Regency (elevation 2,071 m or 6,795 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9)		 18.4
(65.1)		 18.6
(65.5)		 18.3
(64.9)		 18.2
(64.8)		 17.8
(64.0)		 17.2
(63.0)		 17.3
(63.1)		 18
(64)		 18.5
(65.3)		 18.3
(64.9)		 18.2
(64.8)		 18.1
(64.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 14.6
(58.3)		 14.6
(58.3)		 14.9
(58.8)		 14.4
(57.9)		 14.1
(57.4)		 13.6
(56.5)		 12.7
(54.9)		 12.7
(54.9)		 13.4
(56.1)		 14.1
(57.4)		 14.6
(58.3)		 14.5
(58.1)		 14.0
(57.2)
Average low °C (°F) 10.9
(51.6)		 10.8
(51.4)		 11.2
(52.2)		 10.6
(51.1)		 10.1
(50.2)		 9.4
(48.9)		 8.2
(46.8)		 8.2
(46.8)		 8.8
(47.8)		 9.8
(49.6)		 11
(52)		 10.9
(51.6)		 10.0
(50.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 297
(11.7)		 328
(12.9)		 347
(13.7)		 182
(7.2)		 108
(4.3)		 63
(2.5)		 31
(1.2)		 15
(0.6)		 20
(0.8)		 79
(3.1)		 159
(6.3)		 319
(12.6)		 1,948
(76.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org (temp & precip)[15]

According to Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of Batu city and Upper Greater Malang over 1000 meters above sea level classified as subtropical highland variety(Cwb).

Panoramas
Panorama view of Malang city with Arjuno-Welirang and Kawi Butak mountains covered by Cumulonimbus cloud in January 2019.
View of Batu from Gunung Banyak
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See also

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