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Coat of arms of Malang (-1950) - Colonization |
Malang is the
second largest city in East Java which has the long story through the Dinoyo
inscription 760 AD as the primary official document to support the birth of
Malang until Singhasari kingdom era. The etymology name of Malang is derived
from the words Malangkucecwara which
means "God has destroyed the false
and enforced the right". Today, the word Malangkucecwara was applied as the city motto.
During the
colonization period, Malang city was a popular destination for European
residents. Another name of Malang city is Parijs
van Oost-Java, because the beautiful city view is like Paris, France. It
also called Zwitserland van Java,
because it’s around the mountains such as; Bromo, Semeru, Butak, Arjuno, Kawi,
Anjasmoro, Panderman which one of them is the highest mountain in Java Island.
Malang city racial
makeup is mainly of Javanese, with a small percentage of Madurese, Chinese and
Arab descent. And nowadays, so many ethnics can be found equals the economic,
education, and social humanity growth in Malang. However, Malang was built as one
of the tourism destination palace and education in Indonesia.
For the tourism business
in Malang looked from the infrastructure subject was completed. Malang is
served by the Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport, a domestic airport with flights to
Jakarta and Bali. Malang Kotabaru is the central train station which is connected
by the cities in Java Island. Bus Stations has in north called Arjosari, east is
called Tumpang, south is called Gadang, and west is called Landungsari to
supports Malang connected with any cities. Besides, so many tourism bus
services which always supported.
As a centre of
tourism, Malang has various places of interest which can be classified into
local, regional, national and international standards, including traditional
dance performances such as Tari Topeng
(Mask Dance), Jaran Pegon, Tari Beskalan (Beskalan Dance), etc.
Then, Malang has 39 natural beaches, but only 19 beaches are frequently
mentioned by public and only 5 beaches which are frequently visited. Next, the
popular active volcano Mount Bromo is about 25 km (16 miles) east of the city.
For the education side,
has more than 50 campuses operated in Malang. This point is the actor, which supports
the city to build the social live humanity in the city environment. Malang also
has partnership collaborate with some city in this word such as; Pécs (Hungary),
Manchester (England), Lyon (France), and Varaždin (Croatia). For look at Malang tourism information detail, click here Enjoy the trips.
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