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Table 2 List of public infrastructure and government offices in Karimunjawa
No.
Institution
Number
1.
Sub-District
1
2.
Regional Military Command
1
3.
Police
1
4.
Navy post
1
5.
Coastal Fishery Port
1
6.
Harbor master
1
7.
Statistic
1
8.
National Park Authority
1
9.
Airport
1
10.
Office of religious affairs
1
11.
Youth education and sports
1
12.
Provincial Tourism
1
13.
Tourism District
1
14.
Department of Animal Husbandry
1
15.
Department of Agriculture
1
16.
Family planning
1
17.
UPT DISLUTKAN
1
18.
Community health center
1
19.
Pustu
1
20.
PT. Telkom
1
21.
BPR-BKK
1
22.
Village cooperative
1
23.
The Forestry
1
24.
Crossing transportation
1
Total
24
Note: Source: Karimunjawa in Figure, 2011
has been achieved and created a dichotomy, a sort of
developmental gap between Karimunjawa and other
islands, such as Parang, Nyamuk, Kemujan, and
Ginting island. Karimunjawa economic progress can
be seen in development economic infrastructure, such
as docks, boats, roads, electricity infrastructure,
markets, transport, hotel, and access to the outside. So,
it will not be surprising if almost 90% economic asset
of Karimunjawa district are in Karimunjawa island.
Compare to the surrounding islands, economic
domination have been spawned as a gap. It is also
culturally change how Karimunjawa people view other
people who lived in surrounding islands. This economic
domination progress has created such ethnocentrism
among of Karimunjawa people although they are not
single ethnic but consists of diverse ethnic groups.
Nevertheless its long history process has given of
territorial solidarity as Karimunjawa people.
Economic growth also led to progress of culture,
whether in form as system of ideas, social systems,
and artifacts as well. (Koentjaraningrat, 1971) It is
available in infrastructure and economy of
Karimunjawa which encouraged progress of culture. It
is indicated from education level, development of arts,
housing, car or boat ownership, and other cultural
symbols. Meanwhile, it is not entirely accessible for
all people in small islands. This condition has risen a
mental gap among of the local people in Karimunjawa
which identified and positioned themselves as "Wong
Karimun" or “Wong Karimunjawa" which can be
equated with mainlanders, while other small identified
themselves as "Wong Pulau" or islands people.
This interesting point is about of Kemujan as is the
second big island after Karimunjawa, they are only
separated by a narrow strait which length about 100 m
away. Long time ago before, local people of the
islands was viewed as similar as Kemujan too.
However, after the construction of the bridge could
pass a car then the relationship between the
Karimunjawa island and Kemujan is getting closer
and intensive. Even more intensive, Kemujan and