Mojokerto

Mojokerto
City of Mojokerto
Kota Mojokerto
Regional transcription(s)
 • JavaneseMåjåkěrtå (Gêdrig)
ꦩꦗꦏꦼꦂꦠ (Hånåcåråkå)
Mojokerto at night
Nicknames: 
Kota Onde-onde
(Sesame Balls City)
Mexico van Java (Dutch)
(Mexico of Java)
Location within East Java
Mojokerto
Location in Java and Indonesia
Mojokerto
Mojokerto (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 7°28′20″S 112°26′1″E / 7.47222°S 112.43361°E / -7.47222; 112.43361
Country Indonesia
Province East Java
Metropolitan areaGerbangkertosusila
Founded1293
Gementee1918
Kota1950
Founded byRaden Wijaya
Government
 • MayorIka Puspitasari
 • Vice MayorRachman Sidharta Arisandi
Area
 • Total
20.21 km2 (7.80 sq mi)
 • Rank95
 
Population
 (mid 2024 estimate)
 • Total
142,272
 • Rank20
 • Density7,040/km2 (18,230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 321
HDI (2024) 0.809 (2024)
Very High
Websitemojokertokota.go.id

Mojokerto (Javanese: ꦩꦗꦏꦼꦂꦠ (Måjåkěrtå)) is a city in East Java Province of Indonesia. It is located 40 km southwest of Surabaya, the provincial capital, and constitutes one of the component units of the Surabaya metropolitan area (known as Gerbangkertosusila) which comprises Gresik Regency, Bangkalan Regency, Mojokerto Regency, Mojokerto City, Surabaya City, Sidoarjo Regency, and Lamongan Regency. The city covers an area of 20.21 km2, and had a population of 120,196 at the 2010 census and 132,434 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 142,272 (comprising 70,647 males and 71,625 females).