Lumajang Regency

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. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092402/http://www.lumajang.in/ | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | url-status = dead }} According to Mula Malurung artifact (dated 1177 Saka), 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 (kecamatan), 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 (totalling 198 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Lumajang (town) District), and the post codes.

Notes: (a) comprising 7 urban kelurahan (Tompokerasan, Citrodiwangsan, Ditotrunan, Jogotrunan, Jogoyudan, Kepuharjo and Rogotrunan) and 5 rural desa. (b) except the kelurahan of Tompokerasan (postcode 67311), Citrodiwangsan (67312), Ditotrunan (67313), Jogotrunan (67314) and Jogoyudan (67315); 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 (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from May to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to April.

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Places of interest

• Agrowisata Royal Family (agro, fruit picking centers, outbound, and family vacation spot)
• Selokambang—a natural swimming pool
• The Triangle Lake, which consists of three crater lakes (Ranu Klakah, Ranu Bedali, Ranu Pakis)
• Ranu Pane, Ranu Regulo, Ranu Kumbolo—crater lakes at the slope of Mount Semeru
• Mount Semeru
• Tetes Cave
• Mandara Giri Temple
• Piket Nol (highway place where we can see Cold Lava from Semeru)
• Tumpak Sewu Waterfalls

References

References

1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Lumajang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3508)
2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
4. (23 February 2024). "Rekapitulasi Perolehan Suara Pileg DPR RI di Lumajang Diwarnai Aksi Protes". RRI.co.id.
5. "DAERAH PEMILIHAN PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR". [[East Java Regional House of Representatives]].
6. (23 February 2023). "KPU Tetapkan 7 Dapil di Lumajang pada Pemilu 2024, Berikut Rinciannya". KOMPAS.com.
7. (24 September 2023). "Kepala BKD Jatim Indah Wahyuni Jabat Pj Bupati Lumajang - TIMES Indonesia". Times of Indonesia.