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Lombok island in General
Lombok Island, Unspoilt
Natural Beauty.
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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