Sumenep Town (Indonesian: Kota Sumenep, Madurese: Kottha Songennep [kɔʈʈa sɔŋǝnnǝp], Pèghu: كَوڟّا سَوڠٓنّٓڤ Carakan: ꦏꦺꦴꦛ꧀ꦛꦯꦺꦴꦔꦼꦤ꧀ꦤꦼꦥ꧀) is a town on Madura Island in Indonesia; it is the administrative capital of Sumenep Regency, in East Java Province. Hugely prosperous in the eighteenth century, it is now a quiet, peaceful backwater, with its past glory still in evidence.