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Lombok Island, an undiscovered paradise…
Lombok and Sumbawa, the two main Islands of West
Nusa Tenggara and other small islands known as The
Gilis invite you with its charming variety of
landscapes, places of interest and activities for
the tourist.
Exotic tropical islands and coastlines lined with
pristine beaches, wonderful climate and natural
beauty of this island combine these with fabulous
waters for any underwater activities such as
swimming, sunbathing, sailing, diving, surfing,
fishing and much more.
Location
Lombok is situated between 115^45 and 119^10 east
and to the south of the equator between 8^52 and
9^52 south and there fore this island is perfectly
located within the golden triangle of the
Indonesia’s Best Kept-Secret Places: East Nusa
Tenggara (Komodo Island), Bali (Island of Gods),
Toraja Unique Tribe Island in Sulawesi to the North.
Land
It comprises of an area of 20,153 km2. For the
entire part, it is mountainous and hilly with Low
and High Plains from the western part until the
eastern end of Sumbawa Island.
It’s Length from west to east 80 km. Sumbawa is 300
km from west to east and of 100 km from north to
south its coastline extends 2500 km and territorial
waters of 29,000 km2 inclusive 137 islands of which
70 are inhabited. Sumbawa with 75 % of the land area
owns only 25% of total population, even though it is
opposite to Lombok which owns only 75% of the
population.
Climate
Its Climate is generally similar to other areas with
a tropical climate in Indonesia. The temperature
ranges from 21^ to 33^ centigrade. There are two
seasons namely wet and dry season. Wet Season starts
from October to March and Dry Season starts from
April to September. January has in general lot of
rain and winds until and reaching a peak in
February.
Environment
Marine Ecology has played an important role due to
coral reefs with sea grasses and seaweeds vegetation
where the majority of reefs are found in Nusa
Tenggara Region. They could potentially endorse the
development of tourism, fisheries, and
pharmaceutical products in future.
With seasonal nature of the monsoon, vegetation of
Nusa Tenggara is influenced by the distribution of
rainfall in a year rather than by the total annual
rainfall.
Flora & Fauna
Based on the fictive “Wallace Line” that Flora &
Fauna in Asia separates from Australia which runs
north – south between the Island of Lombok and Bali.
Forests are here found mostly in Mountain Areas.
Huge parts of Lombok Mainland are coastal wetlands,
irrigated fields and other wetlands while extensive
dry land areas are found on the Island of Sumbawa.
Especially species of plants growing have specific
importance that influence the life of its people
such as kesambi, bungur, sonokeling, mahogany, teak,
kelicung, pala, ipil, bamboo, tutul and etc. here
are also found several types animals spread over the
area according to climate and natural conditions
such as wild pigs, small deer, deer, iguanas,
porcupines, turtles, and any kinds of snakes and
birds such as pring, parrots, bering, koak-kaek,
cucak rawa and etc.
Religion
Its original inhabitants formerly followed an
animism belief. The Sasak, local tribe of Lombok, is
belived to have come from north – west India or
Burma.
Nowadays, the people of Lombok are 90% are Moslem
but other adherents are found, Balinese Hindu
(mostly live in the western part), Christian, and
Buddhist.
Interestingly, varied forms of religious life with
different worship places and practices could be seen
existing alongside with mutual respect for one
another.
People & Culture
Its ethnic groups have their own respective costumes
and traditions which are still alive nowadays. The
marriage custom ceremonies are the most dominant
ones and tradition of catching sea worms (Nyale)
usually takes place on the southern coast of Lombok
(Seger Desa Beach, Kuta, Selong Blanak, Mawun and
Kaliantan Beach)
Government
As a province, this autonomous region is governed by
a Governor of the 1st Level Regional Administration
elected for a term of 5 years by Regional Parliament
and confirmed by The President of Republic of
Indonesia. The Governor has played an important role
for conducting administration, coordinating,
planning, and developing and promoting all aspects
of social life.
There are seven (7) regencies and two (2)
municipalities based on its regions and
administrations below:
1. West Lombok Regency with its capital in Gerung
2. Central Lombok Regency with its capital in Praya
3. East Lombok Regency with its capital in Selong
4. West Sumbawa Regency with its capital in Taliwang
5. Sumbawa Regency with its capital in Sumbawa Besar
6. Dompu Regency with its capital in Dompu
7. Bima Regency with its capital in Bima
Plus 2 Municipalities: Municipality of Mataram and
Bima City
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