Bangkalan | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Coordinates: | -7.0253°N 112.7519°W |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia_Java#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Java and Indonesia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Java |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | East Java |
Subdivision Type3: | Regency |
Subdivision Name3: | Bangkalan Regency |
Area Total Km2: | 35.02 |
Population Total: | 89550 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | mid 2023 estimate[1] |
Timezone: | IWST |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | (+62) 31 |
Native Name: | Bhângkalan |
Bangkalan (Madurese: Bhângkalan) is a town on the western coast of Madura Island in Indonesia, the government seat of the Bangkalan Regency.
Mount Jaddih is 10 kilometres from Bangkalan and can be accessed by a motorcycle to the mountain top to see Bangkalan town and Suramadu Bridge. The 500-hectare limestone hill of Mount Jaddih also offers a spring-water swimming pool for free. Other objects of interest to tourists near Bangkalan are a lighthouse from the Dutch colonial era (15 kilometers), Rongkang Beach (20 kilometers), and the religious site of Mount Geger (60 kilometers).[2]
The Suramadu Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, connects the south of Bangkalan Regency on Madura to the city of Surabaya on the mainland of Java.
Bangkalan has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy rainfall from November to May.