East Lombok Regency

East Lombok Regency Kabupaten Lombok Timur
Regency
Seal
Nickname(s): Lombok Timur
Motto: Patuh Karya
Location of East Lombok Regency in West Nusa Tenggara
East Lombok Regency Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 8°39′S 116°32′E / 8.650°S 116.533°E / -8.650; 116.533Coordinates: 8°39′S 116°32′E / 8.650°S 116.533°E / -8.650; 116.533
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Nusa Tenggara
Capital	Selong
Government
• Type	Kabupaten-Regency
• Bupati	Drs. HM Sukiman AZMY, MM
Area
• Total	1,605.55 km2 (619.91 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,081,630
• Density	673.68/km2 (1,744.8/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Sasak, Balinese, Tionghoa-peranakan, Sumbawa people, Flores people, Arab Indonesian
• Religion	Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist
• Languages	Indonesian (official), Sasak
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Area code(s)	0376
Website	http://www.lomboktimurkab.go.id/

East Lombok Regency is a division (Indonesian: Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the capital is Selong.

Location

To the north lies the Java Sea. To the west is Central Lombok Regency. To the south is the Lombok Basin and the Indian Ocean and to the east lies Elas Strait, a narrow body of water separating Lombok and the nearby small Gili Belang from Sumbawa which lies approximately 15 km to the east. The north of the Regency is on the eastern flank of Mount Rinjani which at 3,726 m is the third highest mountain the second largest volcano in the country. The mountain is an active volcano, the oldest recorded historical eruption was in 1847 and last eruption was in May 2010.^[1][2]

Administration

The area of East Lombok Regency is 2679.88 km², consiting of a landmass area of 1605.55 km ² (59.91%) and a seabed area of 1074.33 km² (40.09%).

Administrative structure

Kabupaten Lombok Timur (East Lombok Regency) is one of Lombok's four Regencies or administrative regions.

• TGH M Zainul Majdi, MA., Governor of NTB (West Nusa Tenggara), (Mataram is the Provincial Capital of West Nusa Tenggara)
• Drs. HM Sukiman AZMY, MM, Regent (Bupati) of Kabupaten Lombok Timur (East Lombok Regency).^[3]

Administrative boundaries

District organisation

The East Lombok Regency consists of 20 Kecamatan (administrative districts) and 119 Desa (sub-district):^[4][5]

• Kecamatan Sakra Barat
• Kecamatan Sakra
• Kecamatan Sakra Timur
• Kecamatan Aikmel
• Kecamatan Jerowaru
• Kecamatan Keruak
• Kecamatan Labuhan Haji
• Kecamatan Masbagik
• Kecamatan Montong Gading
• Kecamatan Pringgabaya
• Kecamatan Pringgasela
• Kecamatan Sambelia
• Kecamatan Selong
• Kecamatan Sembalun
• Kecamatan Sikur
• Kecamatan Suela
• Kecamatan Sukamulia
• Kecamatan Suralaga
• Kecamatan Terara
• Kecamatan Wanasaba

Population

The majority of the population are Sasak people. In 2008 East Lombok Regency recorded a total of 1,068,486 residents: 494,149 males and 574,337 females.^[6]

In 2010 East Lombok Regency recorded 1,081,630 persons in the decennial census, 24.7% being officially below Indonesian poverty level^[7] This regency is primarily Muslim, with few people of Balinese origin compared with West Lombok.

Ethnicity

The Sasak people are the indigenous people of Lombok and form the majority of East Lombok's residents. East Lombok is also home to people of Balinese, Chinese, Tionghoa-peranakan people of mixed Indonesian and Chinese descent and small number of Arab Indonesian people, mainly of Yemeni descent who originally settled in the early port city of Ampenan.

Religion

Islam is the religion of the majority of the population of East Lombok. Other religions practised in East Lombok are Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Language

Most people in east Lombok normally the Sasak language. Bahasa Sasak is the native language of the indigenous people of Lombok. Bahasa Indonesian is the language most widely used in everyday interactions at places such as hotels, larger shops in the township of Praya and in the government offices. When at home or a place of recreation east Lombok residents tend to use local eastern Lombok dialects of the Sasak language.

Land use

Rivers and catchment areas:' Lombok Island has four main watersheds. Menanga watershed is administratively in the territory of East Lombok. The Governor of Nusa Teggara Barat declared Menanga watershed a critical watershed by Decree No. 122 in 2005. Lombok is faced with a serious water supply and management problem, caused by increasing forest and water table damage, land degradation and poor forestry management. West Nusa Tenggara province is threatened with a with water crisis caused by increasing forest and water table damage and degradation.^[8]

Services and development

The region is essentially agrarian in activity with rice, copra, casava, tobacco, timber and other crops. Rainfall is lower in the south of the Regency and higher in the north as the land rises toward Mount Rinjani. Rinjani supplies a rainfall catchment area to the region and several into eastern Lombok rivers flow from its slopes. The sea supports a small local fishing industry, seaweed harvesting, a pearl industry and prawn farming.

The growing tourism industry in Lombok has had little effect on the eastern coast. The proximity of the new Lombok International Airport will possible lead to an increase in tourism related business and development in east Lombok in coming years.

Transport

Public ferries' provide services for both passengers and vehicles. Labuhan Lombok is in East Lombok Regency and provides connections eastward to Sumbawa. Tanjung Lembar in the south west of the island is Lombok's main port and handles small freighters, fishing boats and the combination vehicle and passenger ferries heading westward to Bali.

• Alat Strait: Labuhan Lombok - Pototano, Sumbawa with 8 ferries providing 18 crossings per day.
• Lombok Strait: Lembar Lombok - Padang Bai, Bali, with 12 ferries providing crossings once every hour.^[9]

These ferries connecting to nearby Sumbawa and Bali provide the principal facilities for road transport movements in and out of Lombok. Disruptions on these routes can significantly affect trade and the provision of supplies to the island as the shipping operators on these routes will often suspend services due to breakdown or heavy seas.

East Lombok is served by the Lombok International Airport (Bandara Internasional Lombok) (IATA: LOP, ICAO: WADL). The new airport provides domestic terminal facilities serving destinations in Java, Bali and Sumbawa. The main terminal building also provides international terminal facilities, currently limited to international connections to Singapore provided by SilkAir and Malaysia provided by AirAsia. Other international flights to Kuala Lumpur provided by Garuda and Merpati airlines depart from the Domestic terminal.

The new international airport will provide facilities for wide bodied aircraft with more modern terminal facilities and improved cargo facilities.

Lombok International Airport in Central Lombok is south west of Praya in south central Lombok. The airport commenced operations on 1 October 2011 replacing the previous international and domestic facilities at Selaparang Airport near Ampenan in West Lombok Regency which formally closed for operations on the evening of 30 September 2011. All services previously operated at the Selaparang airport were moved across to the new airport at that time.

References

Please see main Lombok article for more detail.

There are Four Regencies on the Island of Lombok.

External links

• Kabupaten Lombok Utara the Regency of North Lombok
• Kabupaten Lombok Tengah, the Regency of Central Lombok
• Kabupaten Lombok Timur, the Regency of East Lombok
• Kabupaten Lombok Barat, the Regency of West Lombok
• Nusa Teggara Barat, West Nusa Teggara
• Kota Mataram, City of Mataram

• Lombok travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Official website

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