East Lombok Regency

East Lombok Regency Kabupaten Lombok Timur
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Patuh Karya (Obedient and Productive)
Location within West Nusa Tenggara
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Coordinates: 8°39′S 116°32′E / 8.650°S 116.533°E / -8.650; 116.533
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Nusa Tenggara
Capital	Selong
Government
• Regent	M. Sukiman Azmy
• Vice Regent	Rumaksi [1]
Area
• Total	1,605.55 km2 (619.91 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)
• Total	1,404,343
• Density	870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
	[2]
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Sasak, Balinese, Tionghoa-peranakan, Sumbawa people, Flores people, Arab Indonesian
• Religion	Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist
• Languages	Indonesian (official), Sasak
Time zone	UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code	(+62) 376
Website	lomboktimurkab.go.id

East Lombok Regency is a regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok, of which it comprises the eastern third (including minor offshore islands); the administrative capital is the town of Selong. The Regency covers an area of 1,605.55 km² and had a population of 1,105,582 at the 2010 Census^[3] and 1,325,240 at the 2020 Census;^[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,404,343 (comprising 699,233 males and 705,110 females).^[2]

To the north lies the Java Sea. To the west are North Lombok Regency and Central Lombok Regency. To the south is the Lombok Basin and the Indian Ocean and to the east lies Elas Strait, a narrow body of water separating Lombok and the nearby small Gili Belang from Sumbawa which lies approximately 15 km to the east. The north of the Regency is on the eastern flank of Mount Rinjani, which at 3,726 m is the third highest mountain and the second largest volcano in the country. The mountain is an active volcano. The oldest recorded historical eruption was in 1847, and the last eruption was in May 2010.^[5][6]

The area of East Lombok Regency is 2,679.88 km², consisting of a land area of 1,605.55 km ² (59.91%) and a water (seabed) area of 1,074.33 km² (40.09%).

Kabupaten Lombok Timur (East Lombok Regency) is one of Lombok's four Regencies or administrative regions.

• TGH M Zainul Majdi, MA., Governor of NTB (West Nusa Tenggara), (Mataram is the Provincial Capital of West Nusa Tenggara)
• Drs. HM Sukiman AZMY, MM, Regent (Bupati) of Kabupaten Lombok Timur (East Lombok Regency).^[7]

Boundary	District	Regency
North		Java Sea
South	Lombok Basin	Indian Ocean
West	Praya Mount Rinjani	Central Lombok Regency North Lombok Regency
East	Alas Strait	Sumbawa

At the 2010 Census, the East Lombok Regency consisted of twenty districts (kecamatan), but an additional district (Lenek) was added in 2018 by splitting off 10 villages in the western part of Aikmel District. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census^[3] and the 2020 Census,^[4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.^[2] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 239 rural desa and 15 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (kecamatan)	Area in km2	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2023	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post codes
52.03.01	Keruak (a)	40.49	47,901	57,705	61,067	Keruak	15	83673
52.03.20	Jerowaru (b)	142.78	53,181	61,411	66,171	Jerowaru	15	83672
52.03.02	Sakra	25.09	52,731	64,080	68,051	Sakra	12	83671
52.03.19	Sakra Barat (West Sakra)	32.20	46,840	58,184	61,465	Rensing	18	83670
52.03.18	Sakra Timur (East Sakra)	37.03	40,909	52,012	55,346	Lepak	10	83674
52.03.03	Terara	41.41	65,485	75,889	80,780	Terara	16	83664
52.03.11	Montong Gading	25.66	40,603	48,801	50,910	Montong Betok	8	83663
52.03.04	Sikur	78.27	67,550	79,023	83,048	Sikur	14	83662
52.03.05	Masbagik	33.17	93,993	107,893	113,439	Masbagik	10	83661
52.03.12	Pringgasela	134.26	50,059	63,110	67,250	Pringgasela	10	83660
52.03.06	Sukamulia	14.49	30,373	36,373	38,420	Sukamulia	9	83652
52.03.13	Suralaga	27.02	51,940	64,681	67,793	Suralaga	15	83651
52.03.07	Selong	31.68	82,627	92,464	96,015	Selong	12	83611-83613, 83617-63619
52.03.17	Labuhan Haji	49.57	53,023	64,492	67,448	Labuhan Haji	12	83615-83617
52.03.08	Pringgabaya	136.20	90,548	110,813	117,161	Pringgabaya	15	83654
52.03.16	Suela	115.01	37,441	45,421	48,513	Suela	8	83655
52.03.09	Aikmel	81.09	92,853	70,121	74,219	Aikmel	14	83653
52.03.14	Wanasaba	55.89	59,317	68,302	74,466	Wanasaba	14	83650
52.03.15	Sembalun	217.08	18,786	23,568	25,190	Sembalun	6	83657
52.03.21	Lenek	41.83	(c)	43,520	47,444	Lenek	10	83657
52.03.10	Sambelia (d)	245.22	29,422	37,377	40,147	Sambelia	11	83656
	Totals	1,605.55	1,105,582	1,325,240	1,404,343	Selong	254

Notes: (a) including 4 small islands off the east coast of Lombok Island. (b) includes 24 islands off the southeast corner of Lombok Island.
(c) the 2010 Census population of the new Lenek District is included in the figures for Aikmel District, from which it was subsequently split off in 2018.
(d) includes 7 islands off the northeast corner of Lombok Island, of which the largest are Gili Sulat and Gili Lawang.

The districts are subdivided into 239 rural Desa and 15 urban Kelurahan; of the latter 11 are in Selong District and 4 are in Labuhan Haji District.^[8]

The majority of the population are Sasak people, who speak the Sasak language.

In the 2010 Census, East Lombok Regency recorded 1,105,582 inhabitants, 24.7% being officially below the Indonesian poverty level;^[9] the 2020 Census showed the population having risen to 1,325,240, and the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,404,343 (comprising 699,233 males and 705,110 females).^[2] The population of this regency are primarily Muslim.

The Sasak people are the indigenous people of Lombok and form the vast majority of East Lombok's residents, with few people of Balinese origin compared with West Lombok. East Lombok is also home to people of Balinese, Chinese, Tionghoa-peranakan people of mixed Indonesian and Chinese descent and small number of Arab Indonesian people, mainly of Yemeni descent who originally settled in the early port city of Ampenan.

Islam is the religion of the majority of the population of East Lombok. Other religions practised in East Lombok are Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Most people in east Lombok normally speak the Sasak language. Sasak is the native language of the indigenous people of Lombok. Indonesian is the language most widely used in everyday interactions at places such as hotels, larger shops in the township of Praya and in government offices. When at home or a place of recreation east Lombok residents tend to use local eastern Lombok dialects of the Sasak language.

Rivers and catchment areas:' Lombok Island has four main watersheds. Menanga watershed, which is administratively in the territory of East Lombok, has been declared by the Governor of Nusa Teggara Barat to be a critical watershed by Decree No. 122 in 2005. Lombok is faced with a serious water supply and management problem, caused by increasing forest and water table damage, land degradation and poor forestry management. West Nusa Tenggara province as a whole is threatened with a water crisis caused by increasing forest and water table damage and degradation.^[10]

The region is essentially agrarian in activity with rice, copra, casava, tobacco, timber and other crops. Rainfall is lower in the south of the Regency and higher in the north as the land rises toward Mount Rinjani. Rinjani supplies a rainfall catchment area to the region and several into eastern Lombok rivers flow from its slopes. The sea supports a small local fishing industry, seaweed harvesting, a pearl industry and prawn farming.

The growing tourism industry in Lombok has had little effect on the eastern coast. The proximity of the new Lombok International Airport will possible lead to an increase in tourism related business and development in east Lombok in coming years.

Public ferries' provide services for both passengers and vehicles. Labuhan Lombok is in East Lombok Regency and provides connections eastward to Sumbawa. Tanjung Lembar in the south west of the island is Lombok's main port and handles small freighters, fishing boats and the combination vehicle and passenger ferries heading westward to Bali.

• Alat Strait: Labuhan Lombok - Pototano, Sumbawa with 8 ferries providing 18 crossings per day.
• Lombok Strait: Lembar Lombok - Padang Bai, Bali, with 12 ferries providing crossings once every hour.^[11]

These ferries connecting to nearby Sumbawa and Bali provide the principal facilities for road transport movements in and out of Lombok. Disruptions on these routes can significantly affect trade and the provision of supplies to the island as the shipping operators on these routes will often suspend services due to breakdown or heavy seas.

East Lombok is served by the Lombok International Airport (Bandara Internasional Lombok) (IATA: LOP, ICAO: WADL). The new airport provides domestic terminal facilities serving destinations in Java, Bali and Sumbawa. The main terminal building also provides international terminal facilities, currently limited to international connections to Malaysia provided by AirAsia. International flights to Kuala Lumpur provided by Garuda and Merpati airlines depart from the Domestic terminal.

The new international airport will provide facilities for wide bodied aircraft with more modern terminal facilities and improved cargo facilities.

Lombok International Airport in Central Lombok is south west of Praya in south central Lombok. The airport commenced operations on 1 October 2011 replacing the previous international and domestic facilities at Selaparang Airport near Ampenan in West Lombok Regency which formally closed for operations on the evening of 30 September 2011. All services previously operated at the Selaparang airport were moved across to the new airport at that time.

• Official website
• Kabupaten Lombok Utara the Regency of North Lombok
• Kabupaten Lombok Tengah, the Regency of Central Lombok
• Kabupaten Lombok Timur, the Regency of East Lombok
• Kabupaten Lombok Barat, the Regency of West Lombok
• Nusa Teggara Barat, West Nusa Teggara
• Kota Mataram, City of Mataram