East Lombok Regency
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East Lombok Regency Kabupaten Lombok Timur |
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| Motto: Patuh Karya | ||
 Location of East Lombok Regency in West Nusa Tenggara |
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 East Lombok Regency
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| Coordinates: 8°39′S 116°32′E / 8.650°S 116.533°ECoordinates: 8°39′S 116°32′E / 8.650°S 116.533°E | ||
| 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 (2014) | ||
| • Total | 1,155,247 | |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/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) | +62 376 | |
| Website | http://www.lomboktimurkab.go.id/ | |
East Lombok Regency is a regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the capital is Selong.
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.
The area of East Lombok Regency is 2,679.88 km², consisting of a landmass area of 1,605.55 km ² (59.91%) and a seabed area of 1,074.33 km² (40.09%).
Kabupaten Lombok Timur (East Lombok Regency) is one of Lombok's four Regencies or administrative regions.
East Lombok Regency consists of twenty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census:
The districts are subdivided into 119 Desa/Kelurahan.
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.
In the 2010 Census, East Lombok Regency recorded 1,105,671 inhabitants, 24.7% being officially below Indonesian poverty level; the latest official estimatew (as at January 2014) is 1,155,247. The population of this regency are primarily Muslim, with few people of Balinese origin compared with West Lombok.
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.
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