page_title: East Nusa Tenggara
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: East Nusa Tenggara / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: One of four villages located in Komodo National Park. Actually it's prohibited to built a residential area inside the National Park; however since these villages inhabited since early 1950, it's not easy to relocate them.
context_page_description: East Nusa Tenggara is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the north. It consists of more than 500 islands, with the largest ones being Sumba, Flores, and the western part of Timor; the latter shares a land border with the separate nation of East Timor. The province is sub-divided into 21 regencies and the regency-level city of Kupang, which is the capital and largest city.
  A Christian-majority region, East Nusa Tenggara is the only Indonesian province where Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion. The province has a total area of 47,245.82 km², and the population at the 2010 Census was 4,683,827, which rose to 5,112,760 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate in mid 2019 was 5,437,200. Economically, East Nusa Tenggara still remains one of the least developed provinces in Indonesia. It currently focuses on expanding the tourism sector, with the most well-known attractions including Labuan Bajo, Komodo National Park, and Mount Kelimutu.
context_section_description: 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.
  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.
caption: Komodo National Park.
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