Known as the Komodo Island.
Data and Statistics
Komodo Beach
This province consists of approximately 550 islands, three main islands in NTT are Flores, Sumba and West Timor.
West Nusa Tenggara Province is part of the Nusa Tenggara Islands. The north is bordered by Flores Sea, east by Arafuru Sea, southern Indian Ocean and west by Sape Strait.
The population in this province is 4,448,873 inhabitants in which the male population of 2,213,608 inhabitants and a population of 2,235,265 inhabitants of women (2007) (BPS NTT).
Most of the population are Christians with the percentage of ± 89% (majority Catholic), ± 9% Muslim, 0.2% ± Hindus or Buddhists, and ± 3% for others. East Nusa Tenggara became a refuge for the Christians in Indonesia who distanced themselves from the religious conflicts in Maluku and Irian Jaya.
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