{{Infobox settlement | name = Bangkalan | image = | image_caption = | image_seal = | settlement_type = Town | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|-7.025313|112.751930|region:ID_type:city|display=it}} | pushpin_map = Indonesia_Java#Indonesia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Java and Indonesia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Indonesia | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Java | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = East Java | subdivision_type3 = Regency | subdivision_name3 = Bangkalan Regency | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 35.02 | population_total = 89550 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_as_of = mid 2023 estimate<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Bangkalan Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3526)</ref> | timezone = IWST | utc_offset = +7 | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+62) 31 | website = | native_name = Bhângkalan }} [[File:Double-page from the Qur'an manuscript from East Java.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Double-page from the Qur'an manuscript from Bangkalan, made c. 1900. Art Gallery of South Australia]] '''Bangkalan''' (Madurese: ''Bhângkalan, pronunciation: [ɓɤŋ.ka.lan]'') is a town on the western coast of Madura Island in Indonesia, the government seat of the Bangkalan Regency.
==Tourism== Mount Jaddih is 10 kilometres from Bangkalan and can be accessed by a motorcycle to the mountain top to see Bangkalan town and Suramadu Bridge. The 500-hectare limestone hill of Mount Jaddih also offers a spring-water swimming pool for free. Other objects of interest to tourists near Bangkalan are a lighthouse from the Dutch colonial era (15 kilometers), Rongkang Beach (20 kilometers), and the religious site of Mount Geger (60 kilometers).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2014/08/11/199598595/Mount-Jaddih-New-Tourism-Spot-of-Bangkalan |title=Mount Jaddih, New Tourism Spot of Bangkalan |author=Musthofa Bisri |date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>
==Suramadu Bridge to Java== The '''Suramadu Bridge''' (Indonesian: ''Jembatan Suramadu''), also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, connects the south of Bangkalan Regency on Madura to the city of Surabaya on the mainland of Java.
==Climate== Bangkalan has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy rainfall from November to May. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Bangkalan | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 30.7 | Feb high C = 30.8 | Mar high C = 31.0 | Apr high C = 31.6 | May high C = 31.8 | Jun high C = 31.5 | Jul high C = 31.0 | Aug high C = 31.6 | Sep high C = 32.3 | Oct high C = 33.2 | Nov high C = 33.0 | Dec high C = 31.3
| Jan mean C = 27.2 | Feb mean C = 27.2 | Mar mean C = 27.3 | Apr mean C = 27.7 | May mean C = 27.7 | Jun mean C = 27.2 | Jul mean C = 26.6 | Aug mean C = 26.9 | Sep mean C = 27.5 | Oct mean C = 28.7 | Nov mean C = 28.6 | Dec mean C = 27.5 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 23.8 | Feb low C = 23.6 | Mar low C = 23.6 | Apr low C = 23.8 | May low C = 23.6 | Jun low C = 22.9 | Jul low C = 22.3 | Aug low C = 22.3 | Sep low C = 22.8 | Oct low C = 24.2 | Nov low C = 24.3 | Dec low C = 23.8 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=289 |Feb rain mm=236 |Mar rain mm=252 |Apr rain mm=218 |May rain mm=164 |Jun rain mm=98 |Jul rain mm=54 |Aug rain mm=36 |Sep rain mm=33 |Oct rain mm=65 |Nov rain mm=141 |Dec rain mm=252 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/977170/ |title = Climate: Bangkalan |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 15 November 2020}}</ref> }}
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite book | last =Witton | first =Patrick | title =Indonesia | publisher =Lonely Planet | date =2003 | location =Melbourne | pages =166 | isbn = 1-74059-154-2 }}
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