Malang metropolitan area


Greater Malang is a region in East Java, Indonesia, encompassing the municipality of Malang and its hinterland. About 3 million people in East Java reside in Greater Malang. The principal city, Malang is well known as the home of notable universities in Indonesia, and the nearby Batu, is well known as a tourism centre in East Java.

History

''Karesidenan Malang''

In the Dutch colonial era, Greater Malang was a residency, an old form of second-tier subdivision, called Karesidenan Malang '','' consisting of four cities and four regencies. But now, the definition of Greater Malang just consists of the Malang highlands area, namely Malang city, Batu city, and Malang Regency, together with one district of Pasuruan Regency. Even this is excessive, as parts of Malang Regency - the 9 districts in the south and the 3 districts lying west of Batu city - are not part of the Malang Valley urbanisation. The component parts are tabled below, with their areas, their populations at the 2010 and 2020 Censuses, and the official estimates as at mid 2024.

Demography

Administrative
division		Area
Pop'n
2010
Census		Pop'n
2020
Census		Pop'n
mid 2024
estimate		Density
per km2
mid 2024
Malang City111.08820,043843,810889,359
Batu City194.17190,184213,046225,408
Malang Regency 1,924.581,686,2701,829,7691,874,422
Pasuruan Regency 102.4665,36370,01572,781
Greater Malang2,332.292,761,8602,956,6403,061,970

Notes: comprising 21 districts.
comprising one district.
Sources: Statistics Indonesia

Geography

Greater Malang is located in the middle of East Java, and the eastern part of the region borders on the Eastern [salient of Java] region. The region covers over 2,332 km2.
The eastern section of Greater Malang, among Java's most rugged regions, isolates the eastern salient from Java's central heartland to its west. The Tengger massif, and Mount Semeru, Java's highest peak, lie in this section. The western area of this region is also a mountainous region, including Arjuno-Welirang and Kawi-Butak. However, those parts of the Regency to the south of Greater Malang are just a lower elevation plain, with the southern coast bordering the Indian Ocean and small karst hills below 1000 metres.

Climate

While most parts of the region are plateau or highlands, the climate of Greater Malang is milder than the rest of Indonesia. In middle of year, mountainous area of Greater Malang over 2000 metres above sea level, is dry winter with light snow and frost, which means the temperature always below zero Celsius during late night until morning, especially the light snow is commonly visible in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.
According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of Malang city is tropical monsoon.
According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of Batu city and Upper Greater Malang over 1000 metres above sea level classified as subtropical highland variety.