{"id":117035,"date":"2026-08-04T12:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117035"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:20:18","slug":"madura-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/madura-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Madura Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Madura Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least five people were killed and 41 remain missing after a ferry carrying 271 passengers and crew caught fire off Indonesia&#8217;s Madura Island recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Madura Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>Indonesian island <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located <\/span><b>off the northeast coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/java-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">Java<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s<\/span><b> separated from Java<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the narrow <\/span><b>Madura Strait.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known as &#8220;<\/span><b>The Salt Island&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because it <\/span><b>produces a lot of salt.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island covers an area of 5,290 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madura Island has a <\/span><b>mostly flat landscape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There are no big mountains or huge changes in height.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of these <\/span><b>people <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>Madurese<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. About<\/span><b> 3.6 million to 4 million Madurese<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> live on the island.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Madura people are the<\/span><b> third largest people group in Indonesia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main <\/span><b>language <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spoken here is <\/span><b>Madurese<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> famous for its bull races<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held each year after the harvest.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>main towns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the island include <\/span><b>Bangkalan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the west, followed by <\/span><b>Sampang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Pamekasan, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Sumenep <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">further east.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Economy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The principal industries are <\/span><b>cattle raising <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> salt panning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>latter a government monopoly.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Kapok, copra, and coconut oil <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are important products, as is <\/span><b>teak <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from forests in the northwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/5-dead-41-missing-as-ferry-with-271-people-onboard-catches-fire-near-indonesias-madura-island-11855533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NDTV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madura Island is an Indonesian island located off the northeast coast of Java. 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