Larantuka
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Larantuka (, ) is a kecamatan (district) and the seat of East Flores Regency, on the eastern end of Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Like much of the region, Larantuka has a strong colonial Portuguese influence. The town (including the two rural villages within the administrative district) covers a land area of 75.91 km2, and had 37,348 inhabitants at the 2010 census and 40,828 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 41,664 - comprising 20,720 males and 20,944 females. This overwhelmingly (95.4%) Roman Catholic area enjoys some international renown for its Hol
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Larantuka
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cattedrale_di_Larantuka.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Catholic Larantuka Cathedral, Indonesia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Indonesia Flores#Indonesia
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- 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
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- East Nusa Tenggara
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Regency
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- East Flores
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 75.91
- Settlement.population_as_of
- mid 2024 estimate
- Settlement.population_total
- 41664
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- capital of regency
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- East Flores
- Elevation
- 594
- Capital of
- East Flores
- Image
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gezicht vanaf Larantoeka op het eiland Adonara TMnr 10018570.jpg
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- Commons category
- Larantuka
- topic's main category
- Category:Larantuka, East Flores
- name
- Larantuka
- Statistics Indonesia area code
- 5309030
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Language
- Communities
- History
- Present
- Holy Week
- Transportation
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Larantuka (, ) is a kecamatan (district) and the seat of East Flores Regency, on the eastern end of Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Like much of the region, Larantuka has a strong colonial Portuguese influence. The town (including the two rural villages within the administrative district) covers a land area of 75.91 km2, and had 37,348 inhabitants at the 2010 census and 40,828 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 41,664 - comprising 20,720 males and 20,944 females. This overwhelmingly (95.4%) Roman Catholic area enjoys some international renown for its Holy Week celebrations.
==Language== Larantuka Malay (similar to Ende Malay), a local dialect over 80% cognate with Indonesian, is used as a lingua franca in this area. Portuguese is used in certain Catholic religious rituals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Larantuka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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