WEST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE PROFILE
- NAME : West Nusa Tenggara
- CAPITAL : Mataram
- AREA : 19,708.79 km2
- POPULATION : (2014) 4,702,389
- Ethnicity : Sasak (68%), Bimese (14%), Sumbawan (8%), Balinese(3%), Dompuan (3%), Javanese (2%)
- Religions : Islam (96%), Hindu (3%), Buddhist (1%)
- DETAILS OF TOP OFFICIALS
- Governor : Zulkieflimansyah
- Vice Governor : Sitti Rohmi Djailah
West Nusa Tenggara’s manufacturing sector include milled rice, processed tobacco, coffee, pharmaceuticals, beverages, woven cloth, transport equipment, refined sugar and salt. Agriculture is the principal occupation in the regions with rice, cocoa, coffee, corn (maize), sugarcane, cotton, indigo, and tobacco as their crops.
Sasak in the dominant ethnic group in West Nusa Tenggara, but there are also Balinese on Lombok and Sumbawans on Sumbawa.
- MAJOR AREAS OF INDUSTRY
- Cocoa
- Corn
- Coffee
- Salt
- Tourism
