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LOMBOK IN GENERAL |
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Lombok, though only 70
miles to the east of Bali, feels as if it's another
country in another time. Lombok's beautiful landscapes
are some of the finest in the Indonesian archipelago
with only a fraction of the hustle and bustle of its
neighbors, Bali and Java. Villagers commute unhurriedly
via cidomo (horse drawn carts) alongside small family
farms from town to town. More information on more hotels
in Lombok gives you more choice and better value! |
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Be advised that the time
in Lombok is GMT + 8 hours. |
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Lombok Island, an undiscovered paradise… |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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 (4) regencies 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. North Lombok Regency with capital Tanjung |
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LOMBOK AND OTHER THINGS |
| - Lombok
History |
| - Lombok
Interest Places |
| - Lombok Hotel
Information |
| - Mt. Rinjani
National Park |
| - Gili Island
Information |
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Descriptive
day to day tour itinerary, price, flight schedule,
hotel/accommodation, weather condition etc, Please do
not hesitate to contact us |
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