Geography of TIMOR islands
(the frontier gate of southern indonesia)
West Timor is the principal island in terms of population where the capital of the province, Kupang, is located. Kupang is now being developed to be the gate- way to Nusa Tenggara. There are direct flights from /to Darwin-Australia. West Timor is rich in various cultures, beautiful sceneries, and a wonderful nature. Made up of dry, rocky land, isolated communities, rolling cattle land, a variety of styles of architecture, Timor is basically something that possesses its own original characteristics.
Kupang is the capital city of the East Nusa Tenggara covering the area of Flores, Sumba, Timor and Alor. The area of Timor has counted to include Roti, Savu, Semau island and other small island around. It comprises by several small islands Timor is also has rivers Noelmina and Benain - Mountain : Mutis. Humidity range from 70% - 95% with the lowest rainfall rating on Indonesia.
Being the main administration office of East Nusa Tenggara province, Kupang - on Timor is the main city on the East Nusa Tenggara. This province stretches between the east longitude of 118° and 125°, and between the southern latitude lines of 1 18° and 125°, and between the southern latitude lines of 8° and 12°. The territory of East Nusa Tenggara Province comprises 566 islands.
The islands are generally semi-arid, with a longer dry season lasting from March to November. The wet season lasts from December to March, but can be considerably shorter and small island of Savu. Flores has an irregular coastline and rugged landscape due to its volcanic origin. The vegetation is plentiful and rich in diversity. Wildlife includes species of lizards, monkeys and parrots. There is also an abundant marine life with reef sharks, sperm whales, dolphins and tropical fish. East Nusa Tenggara is mountainous, and very steep slopes are everywhere besides some not too wide plateaus or uplands. The lowlands are a long the coastal areas only. Despite of the situation, most part of this region is not fertile, since the rainfall varies between 500 mm and 2000 mm a year.
ACCESS BY FLIGHT
West Timor can easily access nowadays, may be entered via Jakarta, Surabaya or Denpasar in Bali. There are many domestic commercial flight serve regular schedule from these cities with stop over and no stop over. The flight such as Garuda, Batavia, Lion air, Wing Air, Merpati airlines, Sriwijaya and Avia Star make you connect from major cities of Indonesia with Kupang in the most southern part of Indonesia. Kupang also can be connected with Flores and Sumba island with regular daily flight schedule.
ACCESS BY FERRY AND PUBLIC PASSENGER SHIP
Pelni provide schedule service to Kupang from every part of Indonesia. KLM AWU offer twice a month schedule from Benoa harbor of Bali. While KLM Wilis and Tatamelau also provide similar schedule with stop over in some ports.
While public Ferry from / to Kupang operate daily schedule to the islands near by such as Roti, Savu, Alor, Ende, and Larantuka of East Flores
BY LAND
Land transportation serve daily departure from and to Kupang from Dili (the Capital city of Timor Leste). Make sure you require entry permit and visa between the two country.
Demographics
West Timor has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants. The population is mostly of Malay, Papuan or Polynesian extraction, with a tiny ethnic Chinese group. About half of the population belongs to Atoni ethnicity. West Timor's main religions are Catholic (56%), Protestant (35%) and Muslim (8%)
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