Thursday, June 24, 2010

Surabaya City

Surabaya is the capital city of East Java province, Indonesia. Surabaya is Indonesia's second largest city after Jakarta. Metropolis with a population of about 3 million inhabitants, Surabaya was the business center, commerce, industry and education in eastern Indonesia. Surabaya City of Heroes known as a highly regarded because of its history in the struggle for Indonesian independence from the colonizers.

Surabaya word supposedly comes from the mythical story of the battle between the sura (shark) and baya (crocodile).

Although Java is a majority interest (83.68%), but Singapore is also home to various tribes in Indonesia, including tribes Madurese (7.5%), Tionghoa (7.25%), Arabic (2.04%), and the rest are of other ethnic groups or foreigners.

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