Probolinggo is a city on north coast East Java, Indonesia. It is surrounded on the landward side by Probolinggo Regency, but it's not part of the regency. Like most Northen East Java, the city has a large madurese population in addition to many ethnically Javanese people. It is located on one of the major highways accross Java, and has a harbour that is heavily ussed by fishing vessels. Under the Dutch East Indies colonial administration, especially in 19th century, Probolinggo was lucrative regional center of refining and exporting sugar, and sugar remains an important of the area. The city is famous for mangoes, locally called mangga manalagi. Strong dry - season winds from July to September, help the mango trees pollinate and are sometimes credited with being the source of the area's quality fruit. The city formerly produced grapes as well, but few grapes are grown in the area now. The Motto of the city is BESTARI which is an abbreviation of bersih (cleanliness), sehat (healthy), tertib (orderly), aman (safe), rapi (neat), indah (beautiful).
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