Lumajang Regency


Lumajang Regency is a Regency located in the East Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,790.90 sq. km, and had a population of 1,006,458 at the 2010 Census and 1,119,251 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate for mid 2024 was 1,116,231. The regency shares its land borders with Jember Regency, Probolinggo Regency, and Malang Regency, while it borders the Indian Ocean to the south.

Geography

Lumajang is located approximately 150 km southeast of Surabaya. Its temperature ranges between 24 °C to 32 °C.

History

Lumajang is one of the ancient cities in Java which still exist up to this day. According to Mula Malurung artifact, Lumajang was then ruled by King Nararyya Kirana Sminingrat. The date of the artifact, which is 15 December 1255 in the Gregorian calendar, was decided as the date of establishment of Lumajang. Menhirs found in the districts of Senduro, Gucialit, Sukodono, Klakah, and Lumajang reveal that in prehistoric times, the present area of Lumajang had already been inhabited long before the date of Mula Malurung artifact.

Government

Politics

For legislators elected in 2024, the regency is represented in the national and provincial houses of representatives as part of and the provincial 5th electoral district, respectively, both of which it shares with neighboring Jember Regency. The has 50 members elected from 7 electoral districts. The current acting regent, serving since 24 September 2023, is Indah Wahyuni, who replaced the previously elected regent Thoriqul Haq.

Administrative districts

Lumajang Regency is divided into 21 districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. Each district bears the same name as its administrative centre. The table also includes the numbers of administrative villages in each district, and the post codes.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		No.
of
villages		Post
code
35.08.01Tempursari105.3528,50133,81933,561767375
35.08.02Pronojiwo141.4931,73737,75936,285667374
35.08.03Candipuro143.0962,22673,61776,2671067373
35.08.04Pasirian128.3983,68392,03590,5021167372
35.08.05Tempeh73.2178,80685,92985,2671367371
35.08.10Lumajang 28.4780,68584,64984,89912 67316
35.08.21Sumbersuko29.0733,91336,13736,831867316
35.08.09Tekung27.8832,56535,56535,688867381
35.08.06Kunir53.3051,67956,18156,4951167383
35.08.07Yosowilangun72.4456,54661,29960,8431267382
35.08.08Rowokangkung58.8834,14938,39138,251767359
35.08.17Jatiroto53.6945,24748,22647,813667355
35.08.18Randuagung93.9260,85370,34370,2381267354
35.08.15Sukodono28.8149,94956,35256,9341067351
35.08.14Padang53.8334,61537,94338,049967352
35.08.11Pasrujambe162.4734,91640,98741,436767361
35.08.12Senduro170.9042,89249,31450,5481267362
35.08.13Gucialit101.7923,43626,27426,206967353
35.08.16Kedungjajang66.1343,49947,68546,6481267358
35.08.19Klakah87.4251,11856,66454,8641267356
35.08.20Ranuyoso110.3645,44350,08248,6061167357
Totals1,790.901,006,4581,119,2511,116,231205

Notes: comprising 7 urban kelurahan and 5 rural desa.
except the kelurahan of Tompokerasan, Citrodiwangsan, Ditotrunan, Jogotrunan and Jogoyudan ;
the other kelurahan of Kepuharjo and Rogotrunan share the 67316 postcode with the 5 desa within Lumajang District and the whole of Sumbersuko District.

Demographics

The population consists of a majority of Javanese people and Madurese people. In addition, there are also minorities of Chinese, Arabs, and Tenggerese. Javanese people are mostly spread across the western, southern coast, central, and eastern, while Madurese people are dominant in the mountainous regions in the northern, with some others in the eastern and southern. Also, the Tenggerese people mainly inhabit in Senduro district, near Mount Bromo and Mount Semeru. Many other ethnic minorities live in urban Lumajang.

Climate

Lumajang has a tropical savanna climate with moderate to little rainfall from May to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to April.

Places of interest