East Lombok Regency

East Lombok Regency is a division (Indonesian: Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the capital is Selong.

Location

To the north lies the Java Sea. To the west is 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 the second largest volcano in the country. The mountain is an active volcano, the oldest recorded historical eruption was in 1847 and last eruption was in May 2010.

Population

The majority of the population are Sasak people. In 2008 East Lombok Regency recorded a total of 1.068.486 residents: 494.149 males and 574.337 females.

In 2010 East Lombok Regency recorded 1,081,630 persons in the decennial census, 24.7% being officially below Indonesian poverty level. This regency is primarily Muslim, with few people of Balinese origin compared with West Lombok.

Ethnicity

The Sasak people are the indiginous people of Lombok and form the majority of East Lombok's residents. 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.

Religion

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

Language

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

Land use

Rivers and catchment areas:' Lombok Island has four main watersheds. Menanga watershed is administratively in the territory of East Lombok. The Govener of Nusa Teggara Barat declared Menanga watershed 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 is threatened with a with water crisis caused by increasing forest and water table damage and degradation.

Services and development

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.

East Lombok Regency consists of 20 Kecamatan (administrative districts) and 119 Desa (sub-district)

Kecamatan/District	Sakra Barat	Sakra	Sakra Timur	Aikmel	Jerowaru	Keruak
Labuhan Haji	Masbagik	Montong Gading	Pringgabaya	Pringgasela	Sambelia	Selong
Sembalun	Sikur	Suela	Sukamulia	Suralaga	Terara	Wanasaba