In mid-2015, a new freeway — Gempol-Pandaan Toll Road — opened for the common public to ease transport from Malang to Surabaya and Pasuruan to Surabaya, vice versa. Many buildings of worship nonetheless stand from their development within the colonial era. The racial makeup of the town is mainly Javanese, with small percentages of Madurese, Chinese and Arab descent. Compared with other Arts media Javanese individuals, the Javanese individuals of Malang have a hard and egalitarian character. Malang municipality had a inhabitants of 843,810 on the 2020 Census, with over 3 million clustering within the Malang Valley, making it the province’s second most populous metropolis.