MALANG

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

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