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EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE PROFILE
               

  • NAME : East Nusa Tenggara
  • CAPITAL : Kupang
  • AREA : 47,245.82 km2
  • POPULATION : (2014) 5,070,746
  • Ethnicity :Atoni or Dawan (22%), Manggarai (15%), Sumba (12%), Belu (9%), Lamaholot (8%), Rote (5%), Lio (4%)
  • Religions : Roman Catholicism (57.14%), Protestantism (35.74%), Islam (5.05%), Other (3%)
  • DETAILS OF TOP OFFICIALS
  • Governor : Victor Laiskodat
  • Vice Governor : Josef Nae Soi
  • PROVINCE PROFILE

The population consists of ethnicities of Papua, and notable Malay community. The main occupation is agriculture with the products include rice, corn (maize), coconuts, sandalwood, cotton, and coffee. Small- and medium-scale manufacturing activities include cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing, pharmaceutical production, and tanning. Two major cities in East Nusa Tenggara are Kupang and Ende.

  • MAJOR AREAS OF INDUSTRY
  • Cocoa
  • Corn
  • Coffee beans
  • Jathropa plants
  • Salt