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Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia
Sumbawa Besar is a town of 62,753 people in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
Why visit Sumbawa Besar
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 6 parks and trails, 13 places to eat and 10 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Museum Bala Datu Ranga.
Weather in Sumbawa Besar
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About Sumbawa Besar
Sumbawa Besar is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan), officially just called "Sumbawa", on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, and is the second-biggest settlement on the island after the city of Bima. It is the administrative capital of the Sumbawa Regency within the province of West Nusa Tenggara, and has a population of 56,337 inhabitants as of the 2010 census and 62,753 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 64,936.
From the Wikipedia article Sumbawa Besar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Sumbawa Besar on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks2
Museum Bala Datu Ranga
Museum · 1.6 km
Museum khusus pusaka Samawa menempati bangunan cagar budaya bekas kediaman Perdana Menteri Kesultanan Sumbawa.
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Restaurants and cafes13
1 more on the map.
Where to stay10
Churches and places of worship11
Shopping2
Schools, colleges and libraries27
Healthcare7
Map of Sumbawa Besar
78 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin Airport (SWQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 1 km away.
- Pototano 11 km northeast, about 11 min by car
- Taliwang 68 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Labuan Lombok 83 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- SumbawaPaddyFields, Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS065-E-1269 - View of Indonesia (Sumbawa Besar), Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, CC0
- SuBesarCathChurch2, Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pesawat Seri ATR-72 500, Ramendhan49, CC BY-SA 4.0
- DowntownSumbawa, MosheA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tears Of The Sun, Yudha Setyawan Hartono, CC BY-SA 4.0
- BalaiKuning, MosheA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- MasjidSumbawa, MosheA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Morning run in my vilage, Yonopro, CC BY-SA 4.0
- IstanaDL, MosheA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tradisi Main Jaran Sumbawa, Trynf13, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Joki Cilik, Trynf13, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Permainan Adat Sumbawa, Trynf13, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Main Jaran Sumbawa, Trynf13, CC BY-SA 4.0
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