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LUMAJANG
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GEOGRAPHY
- Location and Total Area
Lumajang
Regency lies between 7
degrees 54' - 80 degrees 23' south latitude and 112 degrees 53' - 113 degrees 23' east
longitude with the area of 1,790.90 km2. It is on 0 - 3,675 M
above sea level and belongs
to the Southern area of East Java Province. The region is bordered
in the north by
Probolinggo Regency, in the east by Jember Regency, in the south
by Indian Ocean and in
the west by Malang Regency.
- Social Condition
The population of
Lumajang Regency consists
of several ethnics, and it is predominantly inhabited by Javanese and Madurese amounting
to 933,899 people in 1993 with the growth rate of 0.246 per
year.
The income per capita reached Rp 831,766 in 1993. Most of them work in the fields of
farming, trade, industry, service etc. Besides those ethnics, there is a group of people
living with their specific social culture called Tenggerese who live in the village's of
Ranupane, Argosari, and its surroundings. Their social culture must be kept everlasting to
support the Unity in Diversity and as a tourist attraction as well.
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