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Karimunjawa

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The Karimunjawa Islands are an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, about 80 kilometers northwest of Jepara in Central Java, Indonesia, with a total land area of roughly 45.6 square kilometers. The main island, Karimun, covers about 2,700 hectares, and the second largest, Kemujan, covers about 1,400 hectares. Geologically the islands are pre-Tertiary continental fragments made mostly of quartzite and shale overlain by basaltic lava, part of the Sundaland continental shelf, and are fringed by extensive coral reefs. Twenty-two of the islands were designated as Karimunjawa National Park in 2001, and the archipelago had about 10,800 residents as of mid-2024, mostly Javanese along with smaller Bugis and Madurese populations. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Karimunjawa Islands (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Karimunjawa Islands or Karimunjava Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Karimunjawa) is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara.
  • Entity description, protection designation
    extensive coral reefs. Twenty-two of the islands were designated as Karimunjawa National Park in 2001, and the archipelago had about 10,800 residents as of mid-2024, mostly
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