Malang, city in southwestern Indonesia, on the island of Java, on the Brantas River, at the eastern foot of the Semeru Mountains (Pegunungan Semeru), near Surabaya. Malang is a trade center in an agricultural area in which sugar, rice, coffee, tea, corn, peanuts, cassava, and cinchona bark are grown. The city also has railroad workshops, textile and lumber mills, and tobacco and soap industries. The city is the site of Brawijaya University (1963). To the northeast and east are the lake resort of Wendit and Hindu temple ruins at Singosari and Tumpang. Malang was the capital of Malang residency before independence and an important Dutch military center until 1949. Population (1997 estimate) 720,534.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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