Ampel is a town and an urban sub-district (''kelurahan'') in the Semampir District of
Surabaya
Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern border of Java island, on the Mad ...
City,
East Java
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,
Indonesia
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. The town is known for its historic
Ampel Mosque, and more than 98% of its population are Muslim, with many of them being
Arab Indonesian
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s originating from
Hadhramaut
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.
References
External links
Kecamatan Semampir
Gallery
File:Ampel surabaya.jpg, Ampel district in the city of Soerabaya during East-Indies ruling
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Poort bij de Ampel Moskee in de Arabische wijk van Soerabaja TMnr 60037907.jpg
File:Gerard Pieter Adolfs - 1934 Nr236 Arabische Kamp-Soerabaia OOC 35 45.jpg
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Arabische wijk met op de achtergrond de in 1872 gebouwde moskee Soerabaja Java TMnr 10014842.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Ampel Moskee aan het einde van een winkelstraat in de Arabische wijk TMnr 60044096.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Ampel Moskee aan het einde van een winkelstraat in de Arabische wijk van Soerabaja TMnr 60027325.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Ampel Moskee aan het einde van een winkelstraat in de Arabische wijk van Soerabaja TMnr 60037908.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Arabische wijk te Soerabaja Java TMnr 10013607.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De verzamelde Arabische gemeente van Soerabaja ter gelegenheid van de kroningsfeesten van Koningin Wilhelmina in 1898. TMnr 60003143.jpg
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Populated places in East Java
Sub-districts of Semampir
Surabaya