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Sampang
Sampang is a town and regency on the south coast of the island of Madura in East Java, Indonesia. After Sultan Agung of Mataram conquered Madura in 1624, he installed the local prince Raden Praseno as Cakraningrat I to govern western Madura from Sampang, the origin of the Cakraningrat dynasty later based at Bangkalan. The regency is largely rural, known for salt, tobacco and fishing.
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