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West Nusa Tenggara

West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Mataram, on Lombok, is the capital and largest city of the province. The 2010 census recorded the population at 4,496,855. The province's area is 19,708.79 km2. The two largest islands are Lombok in the west and the larger Sumbawa island in the east. Based on analysis of prehistoric objects found, West Nusa Tenggara had previously been inhabited by people who come from Southeast Asia.

People. The natives in the Lombok island are called the Sasak people. Meanwhile, on the island of Sumbawa are also natives consisting of two groups, namely Sumbawa (Samawa) peolpe and Bima people. The existence of this region can not be separated from the heyday of Majapahit Empire in the 14th century who conquered all the kingdoms located on the islands of both Lombok and Sumbawa. In the book Negarakertagama by Empu Prapanca in 1365, it was written that West Lombok was named Lombok Mirah and East Lombok was named Sasak Adi, while in the island of Sumbawa there are Taliwang, Dompo (Dompu), Sape, Sanghyang Api (Tambora), and Bhima (Bima).

Terrain. West Nusa Tenggara has two kinds of landscape. The first is the island of Lombok with the coastline fairly straight, with the central to eastern part in the form of mountains, and coastal lowlands in the east. The second is Sumbawa Island with a jagged coastline because of the many headlands and bays, and the central part is covered with hills and limestone mountains. Mount Rinjani on Lombok is the highest mountain with an altitude of 3,775 m, while Mount Tambora on Sumbawa is the 2nd highest mountain with an altitude of 2,851 m.

Climate. West Nusa Tenggara has a tropical climate. Based on statistics from the meteorological institute, the maximum temperature in 2001 ranged from 30.9 to 32.1 °C and minimum temperature ranged between 20.6 to 24.5 °C. The highest temperatures occur in September and the lowest are in November. Being tropical, it has a high average relative humidity, which is between 48 and 95%. It has relatively little rainfall compared to the western region of Indonesia. Maximum rainfall in the province occurs in January and minimum rainfall occurs in August.

Economy. The area of West Nusa Tenggara has very beautiful natural scenery, be it the mountains or the beach. This has caused many tourists from other parts of Indonesia and other countries to flock to the province due to its stunning scenery. In addition to the panorama of beautiful tourist attractions, food crops and horticulture developed and cultivated by the community that are profitable for farmers.

Mataram City

Mataram is the capital of West Nusa Tenggara. The city is surrounded on all the landward sides by (but is not administratively contained within) West Lombok District and lies on the western side of the island of Lombok, Indonesia. It is also the largest city of the province, and had a population of 402,296 at the 2010 census.

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