Porong is a
district
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in
Sidoarjo Regency,
East Java
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,
Indonesia
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. It has a population of 70,170 as of 2023.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Sidoarjo Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3515)] Located about south of the
regency seat
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. It is bordered by Krembung District to the west,
Pasuruan Regency
Pasuruan Regency () is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency in East Java, a province of Indonesia. The capital of this regency is Bangil. The regency covers an area of 1,474.02 km2, and it had a population of 1,512,468 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat ...
to the south, Jabon District to the east, and Tanggulangin District to the north. The eponymous
Porong River flows at its south.
Villages
Porong consists of 19
administrative villages, of which six are classed as urban
''kelurahan'' and thirteen as rural
''desa''.
Urban ''kelurahan'':
*Gedang
*Jatirejo
*Juwetkenongo
*Mindi
*Porong
*Siring
Rural ''desa'':
*Candipari
*Glagahharum
*Kebakalan
*Kebonagung
*Kedungboto
*Kedungsolo
*Kesambi
*Lajuk
*Pamotan
*Pesawahan
*Plumbon
*Renokenongo
*Wunut
References
External links
*
Sidoarjo Regency
districts of East Java
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