Sidoarjo Regency
Sidoarjo Regency Sidoarjo Regency is a regency of East Java Province of Indonesia. Sidoarjo Regency is bordered by Surabaya city and Gresik Regency to the north, by Pasuruan Regency to the south, by Mojokerto Regency to the west and by the Madura Strait to the east. It has an area of 634.89 kmx, making it the smallest regency in East Java. As at the 2010 Census, Sidoarjo had a population of 1,945,252. The regency is part of the urban planning region surrounding Surabaya, known as 'Gerbangkertosusila'. The Sidoarjo Regency was divided at 2010 into eighteen districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census population. Since May 2006, more than 10,000 people in the Porong District have been displaced by the hot mud flowing from a natural gas well being drilled by Lapindo Brantas, an oil well company that is part of a conglomerate owned by Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie. Gas and hot mud started spewing from the well on May 28, when the drill...