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Southwest Sumba Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya) is a regency on Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established on 2 January 2007 out of parts of West Sumba Regency , the regency has its seat (capital) in Tambolaka .
The West Sumba Regency (following the re-organisation on 2 January 2007 which created Southwest Sumba Regency and Central Sumba Regency out of parts of West Sumba Regency) is now composed of six districts (kecamatan), whose areas (in km 2) and populations at the 2010 Census [3] and 2020 Census, [4] are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1]
The main Lesser Sunda Islands are, from west to east: Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Savu, Rote, Timor, Atauro, Alor archipelago, Barat Daya Islands, and Tanimbar Islands. Apart from the eastern half of Timor island and Atauro island which constitute the nation of Timor Leste, all the other islands are part of Indonesia.
Kota Tambolaka (Tambolaka city) is the administrative capital of the Southwest Sumba Regency (Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya), on the island of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Tambolaka was in fact the name of the airport, the real former name of the city being Waitabula (sometimes written Weetabula).
Sumba people have a rich and relatively diverse oral folklore. Preserved traditional festivals, which includes horse race, bull sacrifices, complex funerary rituals and fights with spears. Pasola is the cultural feast of the Sumba people and is considered one of Indonesia's cultural richness, which is very rare and unique to the Sumba people. [19]
Loli, historically also known as Lauli, [1] is a district (kecamatan) of West Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. [2] The district consists of nine rural villages and five urban villages and has its seat in Doka Kaka village.
Waikabubak is a town in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia and it is the capital of West Sumba Regency. Waikabubak is the second largest town on Sumba island after Waingapu ; it had a population of 33,064 at the 2020 Census, [ 2 ] and the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 33,821.
The Central Sumba Regency (following the re-organisation of 22 May 2007 which created it out of parts of both West Sumba Regency and East Sumba Regency) was composed of five districts (kecamatan), but a sixth district (Umbu Ratu Nggay Tengah) has since been created by taking 7 villages from Umbu Ratu Nggay District and 3 villages from Umbu Ratu Nggay Barat District.