East Nusa Tenggara

Jumat, 08 Januari 2016

East Nusa Tenggara
Nusa Tenggara Timur
Province
Komodo Island
Komodo Island
Flag of East Nusa Tenggara
Flag Official seal of East Nusa Tenggara
Seal
Location of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia
Location of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia
Coordinates: 10°11′S 123°35′ECoordinates: 10°11′S 123°35′E
Country Indonesia
Capital Kupang
Government
 

• Governor Frans Lebu Raya (PDI-P)
  Vice Governor Benny Alexander Litelnoni Area
  Total 48,718.10 km2 (18,810.16 sq mi) Population (2014 Estimate)1
  Total 5,070,746
• Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi) Demographics
• Ethnic groups Atoni or Dawan (22%)
• Manggarai (15%)
• Sumba (12%)
• Belu (9%)
• Lamaholot (8%)
• Rote (5%)
• Lio (4%)2
• Religion Roman Catholicism (55%) Protestantism (34%)
• Islam (8%)
• Other (3%)3
• Languages Indonesian, Kupang Malay, Lamaholot, Uab Meto, Bunak, Tetum Time zone WITA (UTC+08)
• Vehicle registration DH, EB, ED
• Website www.nttprov.go.id

East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur – NTT) is a province of Indonesia. It is located in the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands and includes West Timor. It has a total area of 48,718.1 km2, and the population at the 2010 Census was 4,683,827; the latest official estimate in January 2014 was 5,070,746. The provincial capital is Kupang on West Timor.

The province consists of more than 500 islands, the three largest are Flores, Sumba, and the western half of Timor (West Timor). The eastern part of Timor is the independent country of East Timor. East Nusa Tenggara is the only province in Indonesia where Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion. Nusa Tenggara Timur, in Indonesian, means "eastern of the southeastern islands"; compare to Nusa Tenggara Barat, which means "western of the southeastern islands".


History

After the declaration of Indonesian independence in 1945, the eastern part of Indonesia declared the State of East Indonesia.4 The state was further included in the United States of Indonesia as part of the agreement with the Dutch contained in the transfer its sovereignty to Indonesia in 1949.

In 1950, United States of Indonesia dissolved itself into a unitary state and began to divide its component area into provinces. In 1958, by Indonesian law (Undang-Undang) No. 64/1958, three provinces were established in the Lesser Sunda Islands, namely Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara.5 The area of East Nusa Tenggara province included the western part of Timor island, Flores, Sumba and other several small islands in the region. The province was sub-divided into twelve regencies and the City of Kupang, which had regency-level status.6

Following the fall of the Suharto regime in 1998 and the passage of a new regional autonomy law, there was a dramatic proliferation (known as pemekaran) of regional governments across Indonesia (at both provincial and regency level). Several new regencies were created in East Nusa Tenggara by the division of existing regencies:

In 1999, the new Lembata Regency was formed after the division of the East Flores Regency.7
In 2002, Rote and Ndao Islands were split off from Kupang Regency, to form a new Rote Ndao Regency.8
In 2003, Manggarai Regency was split into two and a new West Manggarai Regency was established.9
In 2007, the administration of East Nusa Tenggara province was expanded by the establishment of four new regencies - Central Sumba and Southwest Sumba (both cut out of West Sumba Regency), Nagekeo (cut out of Ngada Regency) and East Manggarai (cut out of Manggarai Regency).
In October 2008 a further regency - Sabu Raijua (comprising the Savu Islands group) - was formed from part of the remaining Kupang Regency.
In December 2012 yet another regency - Malaka - was created out of the southern half of Belu Regency.

Therefore, as of early 2013, there were twenty-one regencies plus the one autonomous city (Kupang) in the province.
Geography

Located in the east of Lesser Sunda Islands, East Nusa Tenggara faces the Indian Ocean in the south and Flores Sea in the north. The province is bordered by other provinces, West Nusa Tenggara in the west. In the east, the province is bordered by East Timor and southern part of Maluku.
Komodo, one of the small islands in this province.

The province consists of about 566 islands, the largest and most dominant are Flores, Sumba, and the western part of Timor. The other is smaller islands include Adonara, Alor, Komodo, Lembata (formerly called Lomblen), Menipo, Raijua, Rincah, Rote Island (the southernmost island in Indonesia), Savu, Semau, and Solor. The highest point in the province is Mount Mutis in the South Central Timor Regency, 2,427 meters above sea level.10
Closer look to the islands of East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative divisions

The province is divided into twenty-one regencies and one city. These are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and at the latest (2014) estimates:11