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 Komodo Island

Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara Islands.  Komodo Island is known as the habitat of the Komodo dragon.  This island is also the Komodo National Park area which is managed by the Central Government.  Komodo Island is to the east of Sumbawa Island, which is separated by the Sape Strait.

Administratively, this island belongs to the Komodo District, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.  Komodo Island is the westernmost tip of East Nusa Tenggara Province, bordering West Nusa Tenggara Province.

On Komodo Island, Komodo dragons live and breed well.  Until August 2009, there were around 1300 Komodo dragons on this island.  Coupled with other islands, such as Pulau Rinca and and Gili Motang, their total number reaches around 2500 individuals.  There are also around 100 Komodo dragons in the Wae Wuul Nature Reserve on the mainland of Flores Island but not included in the Komodo National Park area.

 Apart from the Komodo dragons, this island also has exotic flora and a variety of sepang wood which local residents use as medicine and dye for clothes, this nitak tree or sterculia oblongata is believed to be useful as medicine and the seeds are tasty and delicious like peas.

Komodo Island is also accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, because it is within the Komodo National Park area, along with Rinca Island, Padar Island and Gili Motang