| Since 1851,
Sidoarjo was known as Sidokare. It was one of Surabaya’s
area and led by a regent named R. NG. Djoyohardjo. In 1859,
Sidokare had separated with Surabaya and become its own
regency. Then in couple month, Sidokare had change become
Sidoarjo.
Sidoarjo recognized for multifariously
its sea fish like milkfish, prawn, crab, cockle mussel,
etc. Sidoarjo produces many kinds of foods with fish as
the main production. The typical of fish cuisine are easy
to find in Sidoarjo, for example; milkfish smoke, a nice
food at Mojopahit Street, Sidoarjo. Beside that the tourists
also can enjoy another cuisine like, milkfish presto, otak-otak
milkfish, lontong mussel, condiment of the fermented prawn,
prawn crisply, mussel crisply, etc.
Some village in Sidoarjo also produce ‘Batik’
painter, such as; Jetis village, Sekardangan village, and
Kenongo village. The pattern and motif Batik of cloth Sidoarjo
are captivating on the market. Usually, it sell with systems
at retail or grocery, so that the tourist is easily get
the quality goods.
GEOGRAPHICALY
Sidoarjo regency was born in 31th Januar 1859 in 112,5 BT
112,9 and 7,3 LS 7,5 LS and the heritory is:
- North side: Surabaya city and Gresik regency
- South side: Pasurua regency
- West side: Mojokerto regency
- East side: Madura strait
TOPOGRAPHY
- 0 - 3 m is coastal area and salty dam, present at 27,011,250Ha
or 29,99%.
- 3 - 10 m in the middle of road that is tasteless dam about
25,889 Ha or 36,24%.
- 10 - 25 m in the west area is about 18,524 Ha or 25,94%.
CLIMATOLOGY
The air temperature is about 20 - 35 Celsius and has high
rain level.
WIDE AREA
This regency has fertile soil (in the midle of Surabaya
river and Porong river) and as the smallest area in East
Java province about 71,424 Ha.
DEMOGRAPHY
According to BPS survey the numbers of people in Sidoarjo
in 2005 is 1.787.769 (914.310 of men and 873.459 of women)
and the number of resident is 2503 of men / km2. (This residents
increasing is not caused of the number of born, but its
caused by the urbanization case as the effect of the industry
sector and real estate as a support area for Surabaya).
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AREA
The devision of government administration area of Sidoarjo
regency is devided into:
18 district, 322 villages, and 31 subdistrict. |
