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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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