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East Java ( of Indonesia . It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura and Bawean islands. The administrative center of the province is located in Surabaya , the second largest city in Indonesia and a major industrial center and port. POPULATION According to the 2000 Census , East Java has 34 million inhabitants, second only to West Java among Indonesian provinces. The inhabitants consist of mostly Javanese. Native minorities include migrants from nearby Madura, and distinct Javanese ethnicities such as the Tengger people in Bromo, the Samin and the Osing people in Banyuwangi. East Java also hosts a significant population of other ethnic groups, such as Chinese , Indians, and Arabs. In addition to the national language, Indonesian , they also speak Javanese . Javanese spoken in the western part of East Java is indistinguishable from the one spoken in nearby Central Java , with its hierarchy of high, medium, and low speeches. But in the eastern cities of Surabaya, Malang, and surrounding areas, the people speak a more egalitarian version of Javanese, with much less regard for hierarchy and a richer vocabulary for vulgarity. While Madurese is spoken by around 15 millions of Madurese , concentrated in Madura Island , Kangean Islands , Masalembu Islands, Eastern part of East Java, and East Java main cities. The major religion in East Java is Islam . This comes from earlier history, when Islam spread from northern cities in Java where many traders from Gujarat , India visited, bringing Islam. The eastern part of East Java, from Surabaya to Pasuruan, then following various cities along the coast line, and turning back in Banyuwangi to Jember, is well known as the "horseshoe area" in context with earlier Muslim communities living there. ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS See Also: Subdivisions of Indonesia East Java is administratively divided into 29 Regencies (or ''kabupaten'') and 9 Cities (or ''kotamadya''). Regencies (seat): Cities: HISTORY East Java has a history dating back centuries, with its famous kingdom of Singosari which is now a city, located near Malang. The Majapahit kingdom originated from East Java, and the region was a part of the Mataram kingdom during its peak. NATURAL RESOURCES
EDUCATION East Java hosts some of the famous universities in Indonesia, both owned by government and private. Three major cities for universities, because they have government's universities, are '' Another important form of education that is available in most cities in East Java is the ''pesantren.'' This kind of education is built and organized by Islamic clerics, and associated with local or national Muslim organizations. Jombang is a famous city for its pesantren. MEDIA East Java supports several regional media outlets. Local newspapers with provincial news reach their readers earlier than their competitors from Jakarta . In the spirit of "providing more news from around readers", most newspapers even issue municipal sections which are different among their distribution areas.
In addition, there are two popular Javanese magazines published in Surabaya:
There are also some local television networks which bloomed up since 3 or 2 years ago. The first one is "JTV" from Surabaya. Several more existed and concentrated in Malang areas: NATIONAL PARKS
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