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Sabu Raijua Regency is one of the regencies in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. This regency has an area of 477.40 km 2 which includes two main islands in the Sawu Sea, namely Sabu Island and Raijua Island, plus uninhabited Rai Dana Island. Sabu Island is the largest and is the center of government with its capital in West Sabu ...
Savu (Indonesian: Sawu, also known as Sabu, Havu, and Hawu) is the largest of a group of three islands, situated midway between Sumba and Rote, west of Timor, in Indonesia's eastern province, East Nusa Tenggara.
The Savunese people, also known as orang Sabu or Sawu (Bahasa Indonesia) or dou Hawu (Savunese language), are the people of Savu and smaller neighbouring Raijua in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Savu had little to interest traders from Europe, or neighbouring kingdoms, and it remained largely insular until the late-20th century.
The island lies to southwest of Sawu Island in the Sabu Raijua Regency and 30 kilometers from Raijua island. The island is not visited throughout the year except on one annual pilgrimage by the Raijua elders and people per year.
Raijua is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. Administratively it forms a district ( kecamatan ) of Sabu Raijua Regency wihin the province of East Nusa Tenggara . Its total land area is 13.9 square miles (36.08 square km), [ 2 ] with a population of 9,679 in mid 2023. [ 3 ]
Tardamu Airport (IATA: SAU, ICAO: WATS) is located in Sabu Island, Sabu Raijua Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.Due to the short runway, it is only served by Cessna 264: Caravan jetprop aircraft operated by Susi Air up to twice per day from Kupang, up to five times per week from Waingapu and up to five times per week from Ende.
On 29 October 2008 a further regency – Sabu Raijua (53.20) (comprising the Savu Islands group) – was formed from part of the remaining Kupang Regency. On 14 December 2012 yet another regency – Malaka (53.21) – was created out of the southern half of Belu Regency .
Hawu has been referred to by a variety of names such as Havu, Savu, Sabu, Sawu, and is known to outsiders as Savu or Sabu (thus Havunese, Savunese, Sawunese). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hawu belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, and is most closely related to Dhao (spoken on Rote) and the languages of Sumba . [ 4 ]