Banyuwangi

E189883

city regency seat

Banyuwangi is a coastal city at the eastern tip of Java, Indonesia, known as a gateway to the Ijen Crater and Bali and for its rich Osing culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Banyuwangi Regency	14
Banyuwangi canonical	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1366171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Banyuwangi
Context triple: [East Java, hasMajorCity, Banyuwangi]

A. Sumenep
Sumenep is a historic coastal town and regency capital on the eastern end of Madura Island in Indonesia, known for its royal palace, traditional culture, and salt production.
B. Blitar
Blitar is a city in East Java, Indonesia, best known as the hometown and final resting place of the country’s first president, Sukarno.
C. Lumajang Regency
Lumajang Regency is an administrative region in East Java, Indonesia, known for encompassing part of the area around Mount Semeru, the country’s highest volcano.
D. Bangli Regency
Bangli Regency is an inland administrative region on the Indonesian island of Bali, known for its mountainous landscapes, traditional villages, and cultural heritage sites.
E. Tabanan Regency
Tabanan Regency is an agricultural and coastal region in western Bali, Indonesia, known for its lush rice terraces and the iconic Tanah Lot sea temple.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Banyuwangi
Target entity description: Banyuwangi is a coastal city at the eastern tip of Java, Indonesia, known as a gateway to the Ijen Crater and Bali and for its rich Osing culture.

A. Sumenep
Sumenep is a historic coastal town and regency capital on the eastern end of Madura Island in Indonesia, known for its royal palace, traditional culture, and salt production.
B. Blitar
Blitar is a city in East Java, Indonesia, best known as the hometown and final resting place of the country’s first president, Sukarno.
C. Lumajang Regency
Lumajang Regency is an administrative region in East Java, Indonesia, known for encompassing part of the area around Mount Semeru, the country’s highest volcano.
D. Bangli Regency
Bangli Regency is an inland administrative region on the Indonesian island of Bali, known for its mountainous landscapes, traditional villages, and cultural heritage sites.
E. Tabanan Regency
Tabanan Regency is an agricultural and coastal region in western Bali, Indonesia, known for its lush rice terraces and the iconic Tanah Lot sea temple.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ regency seat ⓘ
administrativeStatus	town within Banyuwangi Regency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sunrise of Java ⓘ
borderedBy	Bali Strait to the east ⓘ Indian Ocean to the south (regency coastline) ⓘ
capitalOf	Banyuwangi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Banyuwangi Regency
climate	tropical ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Osing people ⓘ
formerName	Blimbingsari Airport area (for airport location) ⓘ
governedBy	Regent of Banyuwangi (for regency) ⓘ
hasAirport	Banyuwangi International Airport ⓘ
hasBeach	Plengkung Beach ⓘ Pulau Merah Beach ⓘ
hasFestival	Banyuwangi Ethno Carnival ⓘ Gandrung Sewu festival ⓘ surface form: Gandrung Sewu Festival
hasPort	Ketapang Port ⓘ surface form: Ketapang Ferry Port
knownFor	Osing culture ⓘ gateway to Bali ⓘ gateway to Ijen Crater ⓘ
languageSpoken	Indonesian ⓘ Javanese ⓘ Osing language ⓘ
locatedAt	eastern tip of Java ⓘ
locatedIn	East Java ⓘ southeastern part of East Java ⓘ
locatedOn	Bali Strait ⓘ Java ⓘ island of Java ⓘ surface form: coast of Java
near	Alas Purwo National Park ⓘ Baluran National Park ⓘ Mount Ijen ⓘ surface form: Ijen volcano complex Ijen Crater Lake ⓘ surface form: Mount Ijen crater lake
partOf	Banyuwangi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Banyuwangi Regency
provinceCapital	Surabaya ⓘ
timeZone	WIB ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ nature tourism ⓘ
traditionalDance	Gandrung Banyuwangi ⓘ
traditionalMusic	Osing music ⓘ
transportLink	ferry connection to Gilimanuk in Bali ⓘ
utcOffset	+7 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited