Karimun Java

Karimunjava or Karimun Java is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia,

approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara.[1] The islands' name means 'a stone's throw
from Java' in Javanese They have a total land area of 78 km2. The main island is known as
Karimun (2,700 ha), while the second-largest island is Kemujan (1,400 ha).
In 2011, the population of the island group was about 9,000 who lived on five of the islands. The
population is largely Javanese, with pockets of Bugis and Madurese inhabitants. Javanese
culture is dominant in the islands which are the only islands off Java where Javanese is
the lingua franca.
Twenty-two of the islands have been declared 2001 as a marine reserve, the Karimunjava
National Park. Five more islands are either privately owned or are under the control of
the Indonesian Navy.

Islands and administration

The Karimunjava islands are a subdistrict made up of five villages (Karimun, Kamagin, Kemujan,
Digimon, and Parang) which is s part of the Jepara district (kabupaten) of Central Java province.
The island of Bawean lies east of this group, as part of Gresikdistrict, East Java province. like
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