Sunday, February 28, 2010

Komodo Island - East Nusa Tenggara

Komodo Island

Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara Islands. Exactly at Komodo district, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Komodo Island is the western end of East Nusa Tenggara Province, bordering the province of West Nusa Tenggara.

Since 1980, the region is an area of 1817 km2, a National Park by the Government of Indonesia, which are then recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1986. Together with two other large islands, the island of Rinca and Padar, Komodo Island and several small islands around it continued to be maintained as natural habitat of reptiles.

Komodo Island

Komodo addition, this island also store a variety of exotic flora, timber Sepang which is used by people around As with medicine and clothing dye, this nitak tree, or Sterculia oblongata in the drug believed to be useful and tasty and good seeds like peas.

As one of the mainstay tourist Indonesia, Komodo Island provides lodging accommodations ranging from established local communities to international resorts.

Looking at Komodo Island, a very worthy presumably Komodo National Park was appointed as one of the 7 Wonders of Nature, coupled with various other world wonders.

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