Greater Malang


Greater Malang 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, and its suburb, Batu is well-known as tourism center in East Java.

History

''Karesidenan Malang''

In Dutch colonial era, Greater Malang was an residency, old form of second subdivision, called Karesidenan Malang , consists of 4 cities and 4 regencies. But now, the definition of Greater Malang is just consists to almost covered of Malang highlands area, namely Malang, Batu, and Malang Regency.

Demography

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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. The Tengger massif, and Mount Semeru, Java's highest peak, lie in this section. 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.

Climate

With almost of the region are plateau or highlands, 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.
According to Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of Malang city is tropical monsoon.
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.

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