MADURESE PROFILE

MADURA ISLAND

Madura is the name of the island which lies east of East Java Sea. Madura Island of magnitude less than 5250 km2 (smaller than the island of Bali), with a population of around 4 million people.

ADMINISTRATION

Madura is divided into four districts, namely :

• Bangkalan
• Sampang
• Pamekasan
• Sumenep

This island including the East Java province and has the number of motor vehicles alone, the "M".

History

Politically, Madura over the centuries has become subordinate to regional authority based in Java. Around the year 900-1500, the island is under the influence of the east Javanese Hindu kingdom of power like Kediri, Singhasari, and Majapahit. In between the years 1500 and 1624, the rulers of Madura to some extent dependent on the Islamic kingdoms in the north coast of Java, like Demak, Gresik, and Surabaya. In 1624, Madura conquered by Mataram. After that, in the first half of the eighteenth century Madura under Dutch colonial rule (from 1882), first by the VOC, then by the Dutch East Indies government. At the time of the division of the province in the 1920s, became part of Madura, East Java province.

ECONOMY

Overall, Madura, including one of the rural poor in East Java province. Unlike Java, Madura land less fertile enough to be a place of agriculture. Others are limited economic opportunities has resulted in unemployment and poverty. These factors have resulted in long-term emigration from Madura so many people today do not live Madurese in Madura. Madurese population, including participants of the transmigration program ever.
Subsistence agriculture (small scale for survival) is the main economic activity. Maize and cassava are the main cultivation crops in subsistence farming in Madura, scattered in many small land. Cattle are also an important part of agricultural economy in this island, and provide additional income for farm families is important for activities other than cattle karapan. Small-scale fisheries are also important in the subsistence economy there.
Plants most commercial cultivation in Madura is tobacco. Land on the island of Madura is helping make important producer of tobacco and cloves for the domestic cigarette industry. Since the Dutch colonial era, Madura has also been a major producer and exporter of salt.
Bangkalan located at the western end of Madura has undergone industrialization since the 1980s. This area is easily accessible from Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, and thus plays a suburb for commuters to Surabaya, and as an industrial location and the services needed, close to Surabaya.Suramadu the old bridge was planned and is now under construction is expected to increase the interaction area with regional economic Bangkalan.

CULTURE

Madura is famous for cultural the Karapan sapi.

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• Raden Wijaya
• Sakera

OTHER.

• Kiai Pragalbo ...-1531. father Of :
• Kiai Pratanu Panembahan Lemah Duwur 1531-1592. father Of :
• Pangeran Tengah 1592-1621. Brother of :
• Pangeran Mas 1621-1624
• Pangeran Praseno Pangéran Tjokro di Ningrat I 1624-1647. Son from middle and father Of :
• Pangeran Tjokro di Ningrat II 1647-1707, Panembahan 1705. father from :
• Raden Temenggong Sosro di Ningrat Pangeran Tjokro di Ningrat III 1707-1718. Brother Of :
• Raden Temenggong Suro di Ningrat Pangeran Tjokro di Ningrat IV 1718-1736. father Of :
• Raden Adipati Sejo Adi Ningrat I Panembahan Tjokro di Ningrat V 1736-1769. Grandfather dari:
• Raden Adipati Sejo Adi Ningrat II Panembahan Adipati Tjokro di Ningrat VI 1769-1779
• Panembahan Adipati Tjokro di Ningrat VII 1779-1815, Sultan Bangkalan 1808-1815. Son Of Tjokro di Ningrat V and father Of :
• Tjokro di Ningrat VIII, Sultan Bangkalan 1815-1847. Brother Of :
• Panembahan Tjokro di Ningrat IX, Sultan Bangkalan 1847-1862. Father Of :
• Panembahan Tjokro di Ningrat X, Sultan Bangkalan 1862-1882.

(Source : A.M.H.J. Stokvis, Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie et de chronologie de tous les Etats du globe..., Boekhandel & Antiquariaat B.M. Israë, Leiden 1888-1893, 1966, wikipidia.com).