Bali is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok,the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands,notably Nusa Penida,Nusa Lembongan,and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital,Denpasar,is the most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest,after Makassar,in Eastern Indonesia. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered Bali's cultural centre. The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination,with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s. Tourism-related business makes up 80% of the Bali economy.
Jakarta,officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta and formerly known as Batavia until 1949,is the nation's capital city and the centre of the largest metropolis of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java,the world's most populous island,Jakarta is the largest metropole in Southeast Asia,and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. Jakarta is bordered by two provinces:West Java to the south and east;and Banten to the west. Its coastline faces the Java Sea to the north,and it shares a maritime border with Lampung to the west. Jakarta's metropolitan area is ASEAN's second largest economy after Singapore.
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory,as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 475,807.63 km2 (182,812 mi.2),including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue,Nias,Mentawai,Enggano,Riau Islands,Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago.
The Sunda Strait is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
West Java is an Indonesian province on the western part of the island of Java,with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west,the Java Sea to the north,the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. With Banten,this province is the native homeland of the Sundanese people,the second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia.
Lampung,officially the Province of Lampung,is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest,and a longer border with the province of South Sumatra to the north,as well a maritime border with the province of Banten and Jakarta to the east. It is the original home of the Lampung people,who speak their own language,and possess their own written script. Its capital is Bandar Lampung.
Tourism in Indonesia is an important component of the Indonesian economy as well as a significant source of its foreign exchange revenues. Indonesia was ranked at 20th in the world tourist Industry in 2017,also ranked as the ninth-fastest growing tourist sector in the world,the third-fastest growing in Asia and fastest-growing in Southeast Asia. In 2018,Denpasar,Jakarta and Batam are among of 10 cities in the world with fastest growth in tourism,32.7,29.2 and 23.3 percent respectively. The tourism sector ranked as the 4th largest among goods and services export sectors.
Bandar Lampung is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Lampung. Located on the southern tip of Sumatra,Bandar Lampung was originally called Tanjungkarang–Telukbetung,since it was a unification of two major settlements in Lampung,before being renamed in 1983.
Anak Krakatoa is a volcanic island in Indonesia. On 29 December 1927,Anak Krakatoa first emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 by the explosive volcanic eruption that destroyed the island of Krakatoa. There has been sporadic eruptive activity at the site since the late 20th century,culminating in a large underwater collapse of the volcano,which caused a deadly tsunami in December 2018. There has been subsequent activity since. Owing to its young age the island is one of several in the area that are of interest to,and the subject of extensive study by,volcanologists.
Way Kambas National Park is a national park covering 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) in Lampung province of southern Sumatra,Indonesia. It consists of swamp forest and lowland rain forest,mostly of secondary growth as result of extensive logging in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite decreasing populations,the park still has a few critically endangered Sumatran tigers,Sumatran elephants and Sumatran rhinoceroses. It also hosts over 400 bird species.
Anyer,also known as Anjer or Angier,is a coastal town in Banten,formerly West Java,Indonesia,82 miles (100 km) west of Jakarta and 15 kilometers (9 mi) south of Merak. A significant coastal town late 18th century,Anyer faces the Sunda Strait.
Lampung or Lampungic is an Austronesian language or dialect cluster with around 1.5 million native speakers,who primarily belong to the Lampung ethnic group of southern Sumatra,Indonesia. It is divided into two or three varieties:Lampung Api,Lampung Nyo,and Komering. The latter is sometimes included in Lampung Api,sometimes treated as an entirely separate language. Komering people see themselves as ethnically separate from,but related to,Lampung people.
The Sunda Strait Bridge was a planned road and railway megaproject between the two large Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java.
Sebuku is an island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. It is one of the larger islands in the strait and lies just 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to the north of Sebesi and 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) south of Sumatra. It is administratively part of South Lampung Regency,Lampung.
Zulkifli Hasan,or colloquially Zulhas,is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is currently serving as Minister of Trade since 15 June 2022. Previously,he served as deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) from 2019 until 2022. A member of the Islam-based National Mandate Party,he is also currently serving as the party's chairman since 2015. Additionally,he served as speaker of the MPR from 2014 to 2019 and was Minister of Environment and Forestry from 2009 until 2014.
South Lampung Regency is a regency of Lampung,Sumatra,Indonesia,a strip of land surrounding the provincial capital of Bandar Lampung on its northern and eastern sides,and bounded to the west by the new Pesawaran Regency and to the south by the Sunda Strait;as such it is a major transit corridor to/from Java island. It has an area of 2,109.74 km2,and a population of 909,989 at the 2010 census and 1,064,301 at the 2020 census;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 1,081,115. The regency seat is the town of Kalianda.
Herman Hasanusi is the mayor of Bandar Lampung,the third most populated city in Sumatra and the capital of Lampung province. He was first elected in 2010 and was re-elected in 2015.
Putri Indonesia 2018,the 22nd Puteri Indonesia pageant,was held on March 9,2018 at Jakarta Convention Center,Jakarta,Indonesia. Bunga Jelitha,Puteri Indonesia 2017 of Jakarta SCR 5,crowned her successor,Sonia Fergina Citra of Bangka Belitung,at the end of the event. She defeated 38 other candidates to win the title of Miss Universe Indonesia 2018 and represented Indonesia at Miss Universe 2018,where she placed as one of the Top 20 finalists.
Chusnunia Chalim is an Indonesian politician who previously she was served as vice governor of Lampung from 2019 to 2023. She was the regent of East Lampung Regency,and is the first woman to hold the office. She was also a member of the People's Representative Council's delegation to the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in 2012.
The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera. The landslide spawned a massive tsunami wave that struck multiple coastal regions in Banten and Lampung,including the popular tourist destination of Anyer.
