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[[Image:IndonesiaEastJava.png|right|frame|Map showing East Java within Indonesia]]

'''East Java''' (''Indonesian:'' '''Jawa Timur''') is one of [[Indonesia]]'s [[Provinces of Indonesia|32 provinces]]. It located on the eastern part of the island of [[Java (island)|Java]] [[island]] and also includes neighboring [[Madura]] and [[Bawean]] islands. The administrative center of the province is located in [[Surabaya]], the second largest city in [[Indonesia]] and a major industrial center and port.

==Population==

According to the [[2000]] [[census]], East Java has 34 million inhabitants, second only to [[West Java]] among Indonesian provinces. People of East Java include ethnic Javanese, Madurese, and several minorities, such as [[ethnic Chinese|Chinese]], Indians, and Arabs. They speak a [[hybrid]] [[Bahasa Indonesia]], with influences from [[Javanese language]].

The major religion in East Java is [[Islam]]. This comes from earlier history, when Islam spread from northern cities in Java where many traders from [[Gujarat]], [[India]] visited, bringing Islam. The eastern part of East Java, from Surabaya to Pasuruan, then following various cities along the coast line, and turning back in Banyuwangi to Jember, is well known as the "horseshoe area" in context with earlier [[Muslim]] communities living there.