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West Lombok Regency
Kabupaten Lombok Barat
Regency
Beach at Senggigi in West Lombok
Beach at Senggigi in West Lombok
Official seal of West Lombok Regency
Seal
Location within West Nusa Tenggara
Location within West Nusa Tenggara
West Lombok Regency is located in LombokWest Lombok RegencyWest Lombok Regency
Location in Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands and Indonesia
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Coordinates: 8�43'S 116�7'E
Country Indonesia
Province West Nusa Tenggara
Capital Gerung
Government
� Regent Fauzan Khalid
� Vice Regent vacant
Area
� Total 862.62 km2 (333.06 sq mi)
Population (2014)
� Total 626,941
� Density 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demographics
� Ethnic groups Sasak, Balinese, Javanese, Sumbawa people, Flores people
� Religion Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist
� Languages Indonesian (official), Sasak
Time zone UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code (+62) 370
Website lombokbaratkab.go.id
West Lombok Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Lombok Barat) is a regency of the
Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok
and the capital is Gerung.

Contents
1 Location
2 History
3 Administration
3.1 Administrative structure
3.2 Administrative boundaries
4 Administrative Districts
4.1 Land use
5 Population
5.1 Decennial Census results and annual estimates
6 Ethnicity
7 Religion
8 Language
9 Services and development
10 Transportation
11 Tourism
12 Gili Mas New Port
13 References
14 External links
Location
West Lombok Regency is bounded by North Lombok Regency to the north, Central Lombok
Regency to the south East Lombok Regency to the east and the Lombok Strait to the
west. To the north of the region is Mount Rinjani which at 3,726 m is the third
highest mountain the second largest volcano in the country and is and an active
volcano The oldest recorded historical eruption was in 1847 and last eruption was
in May 2010

History
The Regency of West Lombok was established in 1958 and included the northern
section of Lombok now recently established as the Regency of North Lombok. The West
Lombok Administrative Region previously oversaw the West coast, Ampenan, Tanjung,
Bayan, Gerung, Gondang and Cakranegara.

In 1993 the West Lombok district was separated into two autonomous regions. As a
consequence of the formation of the Government of Mataram in year 2000 the capital
of West Lombok was moved from Mataram, West Lombok to Gerung in the south of the
district. This move resulted the 5 districts in the northern end of the island
being too far away from the services of the West Lombok Regency HQ at Gerung.
Subsequently, in 2008 (and with the full support of the local government of West
Lombok regency) North Lombok established its own regency government situated at
Tanjung. The north of the island now functions autonomously from the West Lombok
Regency.[1][2]

Administration
The area of West Lombok Regency is 862.62 km� [3]

Administrative structure
Kabupaten Lombok Barat (West 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)
Dr. H. Zaini Arony, M.Pd. Regent (Bupati) of Kabupaten, Lombok Barat (West Lombok
Regency).
Administrative boundaries
Boundary District Regency
North Pemenang, Mount Rinjani North Lombok Regency
South Lombok Basin Indian Ocean
West Lombok Strait
East Praya Barat Central Lombok Regency
Subsequent to the inauguration of the newly elected Bupati tensions rose in Lembah
Sari village in late September 2010. A border dispute over the new regional
boundaries had been in disputation since July 2010 when the previously ratified
border alignment became clear to villagers. Apparently the new border dividing the
North Lombok Regency from West Lombok Regency traversed the village of Lembah Sari
situated west of Pemenang. Residents felled a large tree on the side of the main
inland road connecting the Northern region to that of West Lombok Regency and the
City of Mataram so that it blocked the road. Residents claimed that they
established the roadblock to protest a unilateral decision by officials in North
Lombok to move the border between the two districts. A police detachment re-opened
the road after 7 hours of blockade by villagers from the 14 hamlets that form
Lembah Sari. The police intervention allowed workers from West Lombok Regency to
commence work to clear the road and limited thru traffic was restored. The North
Lombok Regency made public statements to clarify that district authorities would
abide by whatever decision was made by the provincial government regarding regional
boundaries. 34 villages that were formerly part of West Lombok are now part of
North Lombok.[4]

Administrative Districts
West Lombok Regency consists of eleven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with
their populations at the 2010 Census:[5]

District Population
2010 Census
Sekotong Tengah
(Central Sekotong) 56,230
Lembar 44,426
Gerung 74,327
Labu Api 60,756
Kediri 54,204
Kuripan 34,020
District Population
2010 Census
Narmada 87,897
Lingsar 63,409
Gunung Sari 78,633
Batu Layar 45,388
Lainnya 696
The districts are subdivided into 88 Desa/Kelurahan ("villages"):[6]

Land use
37,484 hectares (92,620 acres), or 45.16% of the total area of West Lombok Regency,
are protected forest. Residential land use is 4,572 hectares (11,300 acres), or
5.30% of total area.

Productive irrigated and unirrigated, rain-fed agricultural land is 13,209 hectares

(32,640 acres), or 15.31% of the regency's area. Park and open grazing area is
12,957 hectares (32,020 acres), or 15.02%, with plantation and orchard areas
covering 8,804 hectares (21,760 acres) or 10.21% of the area. Remaining land is
used for livestock and fisheries.[3] Exploration for gold, silver and copper is
becoming increasingly important in the southwest part of the regency, especially in
Sekotong subdistrict. It is providing good incomes as well as occupational training
to local inhabitants who work for the mining companies.

Population
Decennial Census results and annual estimates
2003: 695,101 (estimate) with an average growth rate per year is 1.63%
2005: 743,484 (estimate)
2006: 782,943 (estimate)
2007: 796,107 (estimate)
2008: 814,071 (estimate), which consisted of 398 446 males and 415,625 females,
with an average growth rate per year is 2.49%.
After the division of West Lombok district and North Lombok, the composition of the
population changed

2008, West Lombok district was estimated to contain 603,223 inhabitants in 10

districts and for North Lombok 210,848 inhabitants in 5 districts.
The most recent census was held in 2010 resulting in a population of 599,609;[5]
the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 626,941.
Ethnicity
The Sasak people are the indigenous people of Lombok and form the majority of West
Lombok's residents. West 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 settled in the early port
city of Ampenan.

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

Language
Most people in West Lombok normally speak the Sasak language as it is the native
language of the indigenous people of Lombok. Bahasa Indonesia is the language most
widely used in everyday interactions at places such as hotels, larger shops in the
township of Senggigi and in the government offices. When at home or a place of
recreation West Lombok residents tend to use local western Lombok dialects of the
Sasak language.

Services and development

Most of the region's services are provided from Mataram. Regional government
(regency) services are centred at Gerung. The region is agrarian in activity with
rice, copra, casava, 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 eastern Lombok rivers
flow from its slopes. The sea supports a small local fishing industry, a pearl
industry and prawn farming. Mineral exploration for gold, silver and copper forms
an increasingly important activity.

The growing tourism industry in Lombok has affected the western region's historical
dependence on fishing and land-based agrarian pursuits. It is anticipated that the
opening of the new Lombok International Airport will possibly lead to an increase
in tourism-related business and development in West Lombok in coming years.

In 2000, the capital of West Lombok District was moved from Mataram to Gerung in
the south of the district. This has seen this area developed as a centre of
administration and many new regional government offices have been constructed
there. This location in the south of the regency was in part responsible for the
later division of West Lombok into two regencies: West Lombok Regency and North
Lombok Regency. During 2009-2010 infrastructure upgrades were commenced to provide
better communications along the western coast, including roadworks and fibre-optic
cable installation.

Mataram is officially the provincial capital of West Nusa Tenggara and the
administrative offices of TGH M Zainul Majdi, MA., governor of NTB (West Nusa
Tenggara).

Transportation
Public ferries connect from Bali to Tanjung Lembar in the south west of the island
Lembar and provide services for both passengers and vehicles. Tanjung Lembar is
Lombok's main port and handles small freighters, fishing boats and the combination
vehicle and passenger ferries that cross the Lombok straight to Padangbai in Bali.

Lombok Strait: Lembar Lombok - Padang Bai, Bali, with 12 ferries providing
crossings once every hour.
Alat Strait: Labuhan Lombok - Pototano, Sumbawa with 8 ferries providing 18
crossings per day.[7]
Labuhan Lombok seaport on the east coast of the island provides facilities for
vehicle and passenger ferries eastward to Sumbawa.

These drive on, drive off ferries 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.

Private charter boats provide access between Senggigi, the Gili Islands and Teluk
Nare. Some of the scheduled services connect Senggigi across the Lombok strait
westward to Bali via the Gili islands.

Fast speedboat services are also available connecting to Teluk Nare a little south
of Bangsal and to Gili islands.

Public buses and Bemo run along the west coast from the south in
Mataram/Cakranegara/Sweta and also through Pusuk mountain pass to connect Tanjung
and North Lombok to Mataram and Cakranegara. Limited services are available to the
east coast connecting through Cakranegara, Sweta, Praya and south toward Kuta and
Tanjung Lembar in the south west of the island.

West 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 Singapore provided by Silk Air. Other international
flights to Kuala Lumpur provided by Garuda and Merpati airlines depart from the
domestic terminal section of the building.

The new international airport will be suitable for wide bodied aircraft operations
will provide more modern terminal facilities, and improved cargo handling capacity.

Lombok International Airport 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.

Lombok BIL airport icon.png

Pelni shipping lines provide inter-island sea connections for passenger travel
throughout the archipelago of Indonesia, Pelni Shipping Lines have offices in
Ampenan in west Lombok.

Tourism

Batu Bolong, looking toward Senggigi in West Lombok

The western coast of Lombok has the most intensive tourism activity. Senggigi and
the coastal strip to the south of the township toward Montong and north to the West
Lombok Regency's border at Klui have many hotels, restaurants, bars clubs and other
entertainment and accommodation facilities. Mount Rinjani and the Gili Islands are
further up the west coast in North Lombok Regency.

The newly upgraded west coast highway and the road from Mataram through the Pusuk
pass connect the West Lombok Regency to the North Lombok Regency and are important
tourism conduits unifying the islands tourism sector. The inland oriented Pusak
pass road passes through attractive mountain and river gorges and has a population
of monkeys that live in the nearby Monkey Forest park and Forest reserve. Bangsal
and Tanjunk Teluk near Pemenang provide services connecting across the short
distance of water to the Gili islands off the Sire Peninsular just south of
Tanjung. The coastal highway has become a popular scenic route since the
commencement of a comprehensive upgrade programme in 2008-2010. A little further to
the north in the North Lombok Regency are the small townships of Bayan and Senaru
which offer the main gateways to access Mount Rinjani, and Bangsal which provides a
public ferry service to the nearby Gilli islands. Charter boats and ferries are
active from Senggigi and Mangsit taking tourists to and from the west Lombok and
north Lombok regions. Shuttle bus, hire cars, taxis and bemo services also provide
links to the north.

Hotels in West Lombok Regency

Rating Hotels Rooms Beds

Star rated 22 1,221 1,824
Budget 40 444 628
Total[8] 62 1,665 2,425
Gili Mas New Port
Due to existing Lembar Port has only 10 Low Water Spring (LWS) and passengers from
cruise ships should be disembarked and transferred by boat to the beach, so Port
Authority decided to build Gili Mas New Port (near Lembar Port) with 16-18 LWS
depth on totally 100 hectares land. The port also has container facilities and for
the first stage projects will be operated at the end of 2018.[9]

References
"Home page of Kab. Lombok Utara (Indonesian language)". Kabupaten Lombok Utara the
Regency of North Lombok. Retrieved 29 Aug 2010.
"Home page of Kab. Lombok Barat (Indonesian language)". Kabupaten Lombok Barat,
the Regency of West Lombok. Retrieved 29 Aug 2010.
Bagian PDE (12 January 2010). "Sekilas Lombok Barat-Geografi". Kabupaten Lombok
Barat. Retrieved 31 Aug 2010.
"In Lombok, a Moved Border Causes Temperatures to Rise". Jakarta Globe (online).
27 Sep 2010. Retrieved 28 Sep 2010.
Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
"Letak Geografis Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat (Letak Geografis Provinsi Nusa
Tenggara Barat)". 13 Dec 2009. Retrieved 30 Aug 2010.
"Regional Economy-West Nusa Teggara provincial profile". Retrieved 1 Sep 2010.
Administrator (11 January 2010). "Paraiswata - Hotel & Restoran". Regency of North
Lombok (Kabutan Lombok Barat). Retrieved 2 Sep 2010.
ARTIKA RACHMI FARMITA (September 6, 2016). "Pelindo III to Build Cruise Port in
West Lombok".
Please see main Lombok article for more detail.

There are Four Regencies on the Island of Lombok.

External links
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
West Lombok travel guide from Wikivoyage

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Regencies and cities of West Nusa Tenggara
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