Kota Waingapu

Also known as Kota Waingapu District

Waingapu is the largest town in the eastern half of Sumba island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is the capital town of the East Sumba Regency (Sumba Timur). == History ==

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Settlement.official_name: Waingapu
Settlement.image_skyline: Waingapu.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: View of Waingapu, Sumba
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Waingapu on Sumba
Settlement.pushpin_map: Indonesia Sumba#Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Indonesia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lesser Sunda Islands

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Waingapu is the largest town in the eastern half of Sumba island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is the capital town of the East Sumba Regency (Sumba Timur). == History ==

About 5 km south of Waingapu, the prehistorical site of Lambanapu has been dated at around 2,800 BC.