East Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur – NTT) isa province of Indonesia. It is the east part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It faces the Indian Ocean to the south and the Flores Sea to the north. There are more than 500 islands in the province. The largest islands are Sumba, Flores, and the western part of Timor. There is a land border between the province and the country East Timor. There are twenty-one regencies and the regency-level city of Kupang in the province. Kupang is the capital and largest city.

East Nusa Tenggara Nusa Tenggara Timur
Province
From top, left to right : Kelimutu, Nature in Flores, Boa Beach in Rote Ndao Regency, Labuan Bajo, view of Komodo Island, Dancers in Watublapi in traditional costume, Kukusan Island in Flores
Flag Seal
Location of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia
Coordinates: 10°11′S 123°35′E
Country	Indonesia
Established	17 December 1958
Capital (and largest city)	Kupang
Government
• Governor	Viktor Laiskodat (Nasdem)
• Deputy Governor	Josef Sae Noi
Area
• Total	47,245.82 km2 (18,241.71 sq mi)
• Rank	13th
Highest elevation (Mount Mutis)	2,458 m (8,064 ft)
Population  (2014 Estimate)[1]
• Total	5,070,746
• Rank	12th
• Density	110/km2 (280/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 (51.83%) Protestantism (38.68%) Islam (9.28%) Hinduism (0.19%) Buddhism (0.01%)[3]
• Languages	Indonesian, Kupang Malay, Lamaholot, Uab Meto, Bunak, Tetum
Time zone	UTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time)
Postcodes	80xxx, 81xxx, 82xxx
Area codes	(62)3xx
ISO 3166 code	ID-NT
Vehicle sign	DH (Timor), EB (Flores, Alor, Lembata), ED (Sumba)
HDI	0.631 (Medium)
HDI rank	32nd (2016)
Website	nttprov.go.id

East Nusa Tenggara is the only province in Indonesia where most people are Christian It is the only Indonesian province where Roman Catholicism is the main religion. The area of the province is 47,245.82 km². The population at the 2010 Census was 4,683,827. An official estimate of the population in January 2014 was 5,070,746. East Nusa Tenggara is one of the least developed provinces in Indonesia. Tourism is growing here. The most well-known attractions are Labuan Bajo, Komodo National Park, and Mount Kelimutu.

Provincial Government

This is a list of governors of East Nusa Tenggara.

• W. J. Lala Mentik (1960–1965)
• El Tari (1966–1978)
• Ben Mboi (1978–1988)
• Hendrik Fernandez (1988–1993)
• Herman Musakabe (1993–1998)
• Piet Alexander Tallo (1998–2008)
• Frans Lebu Raya (2008–2018)
• Victor Laiskodat (2018–present)

Tourism

Komodo dragon a large species of lizard living in this province

One of the crater lakes of Kelimutu

Traditional Sumbanese house in West Sumba

References

1. Central Bureau of Statistics: Census 2010 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 17 January 2011 (in Indonesian)
2. Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2003
3. 2017 estimate

Other websites

• Media related to East Nusa Tenggara at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website of the NTT Tourist Office
• The NTT website of the Indonesian Central Statistics Bureau (Badan Pusat Statistik or BPS) which provides data on a range of matters in the province. Especially helpful is the annual publication NTT dalam Angka^{[permanent dead link]} [NTT in Figures] which provides very extensive statistics about a wide range of issues.
• The local Kupang newspaper Pos Kupang gives local news coverage of many provincial events.
• Website on music from the islands of Roti and Lombok Archived 2019-01-06 at the Wayback Machine.