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Large cities

NamePopulation1Metropolitan area, if not the center city
Bandung6.7252, 3
Bekasi2.5114Jakarta
Bogor1.0224Jakarta
Cirebon1.8642, 5
Depok1.7024Jakarta
Jakarta19.8792, 6
Malang2.3257
Semarang6.5447
South Tangerang1.2904Jakarta
Surabaya4.2992, 8
Surakarta2.4547
Tangerang1.7994Jakarta
Yogyakarta1.6742, 9

A smaller city of historical note is the Trowulan site, thought to be the eponymous capital of Majapahit (1293-circa 1500), and now in the Mojokerto Regency of East Jawa (Java).

NameYearPopulationPolitical entity
Majapahit1300 CE40,00010Majapahit Empire
Majapahit1400 CE40,00010Majapahit Empire

Footnotes

1. In millions. Of the metropolitan area if the center city; otherwise of the city proper.
2. 2012 figure from world-gazetteer.com, accessed February 6, 2013.
3. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Indonesia, citing the 2010 census and accessed February 14, 2017, it had a population of 7.889 million.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Indonesia, accessed February 14, 2017.
5. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Indonesia, citing the 2010 census and accessed February 14, 2017, it had a population of 2.366 million.
6. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Indonesia, citing the 2010 census and accessed February 14, 2017, it had a population of 28.337 million. The metropolitan area is called Jabodemitatelbek.
7. 2010 census figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Indonesia, accessed February 14, 2017. The acronym for the metropolitan area of Semarang is Kedungsapuri and for Surakarta is Solo.
8. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Indonesia, citing the 2010 census and accessed February 14, 2017, it had a population of 6.484 million.
9. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Indonesia, citing the 2010 census and accessed February 14, 2017, it had a population of 2.393 million. The acronym for the metropolitan area is Kartamantul.
10. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987), "Tables of the World's Largest Cities." According to this source it 1300 it was the largest city on the island of Jawa, and in 1400 it was tied for that status with Greshik.