Surabaya (Indonesian pronunciation: [surbaja]) (formerly Dutch:

Soerabaja/Soerabaia Javanese: Suroboyo, is the capital of Jawa Timur

(East Java), located on northeastern Java island and along the edge of
the Madura Strait and the second-largest-city in Indonesia. At the 2010
census, the city had a population over 2.8 million and an 'extended
metropolitan area', with more than 9 million inhabitants in several cities
and approximately 50 districts spread over non-contigous urban areas
including Gresik, Sidoarjo, Mojokerto and Pasuruan regencies, and
locally known as Gerbangkertosusila[1] The national government
recognizes only the continuous core metropolitan area (Surabaya, Gresik
and Sidarjo) as Greater Surabaya (Zona Surabaya Raya) with a
population of 6,484,2060 (2010), making Surabaya now the third largest
metropolitan area in Indonesia, after Greater Jakarta and Greater
Bandung.
The city is known as Kota Pahlawan "city of heroes" due to the
importance of the Battle of Surabaya in galvanizing Indonesian and
international support for Indonesian independence during the Indonesian
National Revolution. Surabaya was once the largest city in Dutch East
Indies and virtually the center of trading in the nation, exceeding those of
Batavia, competing with the likes of Singapore and Hong Kong.[2]