Kalabahi
Kalabahi | |
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| Kalabahi harbour Kalabahi harbour | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia |
| Region | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Province | East Nusa Tenggara |
| Regency | Alor Regency |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.78 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 19,210 |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 386 |
Kalabahi is a town on Alor Island and it is the capital of Alor Regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is the only town on Alor Island. It lies on the north end of the narrow Kalabahi Bay, which is 16 kms long and 1 km wide, and separates the Bird's Head peninsula from the main part of the island. The town possesses the only puskesmas (health clinic) available in Teluk Mutiara District, in west Kalabahi.
It covers four kelurahan (villages) of the Teluk Mutiara District (Kalabahi Barat, Kalabahi Kota, Kalabahi Tengah and Kalabahi Timur), with a land area of 8.78 km2 and a population of 19,210 according to the official estimates for mid 2023.[2]
| Kode Wilayah |
Name of kelurahan or desa |
Area in km2 |
Pop'n Estimate mid 2023 |
Post codes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53.05.01.1001 | Kalabahi Barat (West Kalabahi) |
3.39 | 3,909 | 85814 |
| 53.05.01.1002 | Kalabahi Kota (Kalabahi Town) |
0.51 | 2,799 | 85813 |
| 53.05.01.1003 | Kalabahi Tengah (Central Kalabahi) |
1.49 | 6,393 | 85812 |
| 53.05.01.1004 | Kalabahi Timur (East Kalabahi) |
3.39 | 6,109 | 85811 |
| 53.05.01 | Kalabahi Totals | 8.78 | 19,210 | |
| 53.05.01.1005 | Binongko * | 0.73 | 3,434 | 85815 |
| 53.05.01.1006 | Nusa Kenari * | 6.48 | 3,376 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.1008 | Welai Barat (West Welai) | 17.51 | 3,351 | 85816 |
| 53.05.01.1009 | Welai Timur (East Welai) | 14.04 | 3,062 | 85817 |
| 53.05.01.1010 | Mutiara * | 5.77 | 5,121 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.1011 | Wetabua * | 0.65 | 2,366 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.2012 | Lendola | 4.25 | 3,917 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.2013 | Fanating | 12.18 | 2,089 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.2014 | Motongbang | 3.03 | 2,807 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.2015 | Air Kenari | 0.86 | 2,309 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.2018 | Teluk Kenari | 5.04 | 1,061 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01.2019 | Adang Buom | 0.87 | 1,925 | 85819 |
| 53.05.01 | Rest of Teluk Mutiara District |
71.41 | 34,818 |
Note: The four kelurahan indicated by asterisks (*) are suburbs of Kalabahi town. Including them with Kalabahi town raises the population in mid 2023 to 33,507 and its area to 22.41 km2.
Transportation
[edit | edit source]The town is served by Alor Island Airport.
Climate
[edit | edit source]Kalabahi has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with a long dry season and a short wet season.
| Climate data for Kalabahi | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.9 (85.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 234 (9.2) |
209 (8.2) |
189 (7.4) |
100 (3.9) |
64 (2.5) |
42 (1.7) |
19 (0.7) |
3 (0.1) |
6 (0.2) |
23 (0.9) |
94 (3.7) |
190 (7.5) |
1,173 (46) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Teluk Mutiara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5307010)
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Teluk Mutiara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5307010)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
