East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur, Javanese: Jawa Wétan) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes the neighbouring island of Madura and islands to its east (the Kangean and Sapudi groups) and to its north (Bawean and the Masalembu Islands. It has a land border only with Central Java (Jawa Tengah) province to its west. The provincial capital is Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia and a major industrial center and port.
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“The very nursery tales of this generation were the nursery tales of primeval races. They migrate from east to west, and again from west to east; now expanded into the “tale divine” of bards, now shrunk into a popular rhyme.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)