Sumbawa Besar

Sumbawa Besar
Downtown Sumbawa Besar
Downtown Sumbawa Besar
Motto: 
BESAR
Location of Sumbawa Regency in West Nusa Tenggara
Location of Sumbawa Regency in West Nusa Tenggara
Sumbawa Besar is located in Indonesia
Sumbawa Besar
Sumbawa Besar
Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 8°30′S 117°25′E / 8.500°S 117.417°E / -8.500; 117.417
CountryIndonesia
RegionLesser Sunda Islands
ProvinceWest Nusa Tenggara
RegencySumbawa
Area
 • Total44.83 km2 (17.31 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
 • Total63,362
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8

Sumbawa Besar is a town on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, and is the second-biggest settlement on the island after 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[2] and 62,753 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 63,362.[1]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Sumbawa Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5204)
  2. ^ Moritz Jacobi: Indonesien von Sumatra bis Sulawesi, p. 429. Ostfildern 2013
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.