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The Surabaya metropolitan area, or known locally as Gerbangkertosusila ( jv, ꦒꦼꦂꦧꦁꦏꦼꦂꦠꦱꦸꦱꦶꦭ, Gerbangkertasusila, from ''Gresik-Bangkalan-Mojokerto-Surabaya-Sidoarjo-Lamongan''), is a metropolitan area in
Grebangkertosusila is an official acronym of " Gresik Bangkalan
Surabaya metropolitan area has air connection via Juanda International Airport.
Surabaya metropolitan area has five commuter rail services with the network similar with KRL Commuterline in Jakarta metropolitan area. The services connects Surabaya city center to the neighboring cities and regency in the area.
The Suroboyo Bus city bus is serving Surabaya, using plastic waste as a form of payment. Eversince May 2022, however, direct payment using plastic bottles on the bus has been terminated and plastic waste has to be exchanged in designated points beforehand.
East Java
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, Indonesia
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. It is the country's second-largest metropolitan area, after Jakarta metropolitan area
The Jakarta metropolitan area or Greater Jakarta, known locally as Jabodetabek (an acronym of Jakarta– Bogor– Depok–Tangerang– Bekasi), and sometimes extended to Jabodetabekjur (with the acronym extended to include part of Cianjur Regen ...
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Definition
Grebangkertosusila is an official acronym of " Gresik Bangkalan Mojokerto
Mojokerto ( jv, ꦩꦗꦏꦼꦂꦠ (''Måjåkěrtå'')) is a city in East Java Province, Indonesia. It is located 40 km southwest of Surabaya, and constitutes one of the component units of the Surabaya metropolitan area (known as Gerbangkert ...
Surabaya Sidoarjo Lamongan
Lamongan Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of East Java, Indonesia. It has a total land area of approximately or + 3.78% of the area of East Java Province. With a length of along the coastline, the sea area of Lamongan Regency is about , i ...
", a main metropolitan or planning area in East Java
East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...
consisting of the seven cities and regencies with those names (Mojokerto is both a city and a regency). It has an area of 5,925.843 km2, and at the 2020 Census had a population of 9,924,509.
The national government regards the Surabaya Metropolitan Area as including only Surabaya, Sidoarjo Regency, and Gresik Regency, known as "Zona Surabaya Raya". Gresik Regency includes Bawean Island, covering some 196 km2 and lying north of Java; however Bawean Island is excluded from the Metropolitan Area.
Surabaya traditionally constituted Indonesia's second-largest metropolitan area, after Jakarta, but fast growing Bandung Metropolitan Area (in West Java
West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...
) is since 2005 more populous. However, the extended metropolitan area of Surabaya is second in Indonesia only to Jabodetabek
The Jakarta metropolitan area or Greater Jakarta, known locally as Jabodetabek (an acronym of Jakarta–Bogor–Depok–Tangerang–Bekasi), and sometimes extended to Jabodetabekjur (with the acronym extended to include part of Cianjur Regency) ...
. The areas and populations at the 2010 Census, the 2020 Census and according to the official estimates for mid 2021, are shown below for the component parts of the metropolitan area.
Note: (a) The island of Bawean
Bawean ( id, Pulau Bawean) is an island of Indonesia located approximately north of Surabaya in the Java Sea, off the coast of Java. It is administered by Gresik Regency of East Java province. It is approximately in diameter and is circumnav ...
, while part of Gresik Regency, is not technically part of the Metropolitan area; nevertheless for convenience the figures given here include Bawean.
Reference: Statistics Indonesia
Transportation
Surabaya metropolitan area has air connection via Juanda International Airport.
Surabaya metropolitan area has five commuter rail services with the network similar with KRL Commuterline in Jakarta metropolitan area. The services connects Surabaya city center to the neighboring cities and regency in the area.
The Suroboyo Bus city bus is serving Surabaya, using plastic waste as a form of payment. Eversince May 2022, however, direct payment using plastic bottles on the bus has been terminated and plastic waste has to be exchanged in designated points beforehand.
See also
*List of metropolitan areas by population
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References
* Mera, Koichi and Renaud, Bertrand (2001). ''Asia's Financial Crisis and the Role of Real Estate''. M.E. Sharpe. Geography of East Java Metropolitan areas of Indonesia {{EJava-geo-stub