Lembata

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Lembata is an island in Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, known for its traditional whaling communities and volcanic landscapes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lembata canonical 8
Lembata Island 6
Lembata Regency 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
regency of Indonesia
administrativeStatus regency
climate tropical savanna climate
containsSettlement Lamalera
Lamarela
country Indonesia
governedAs Lembata self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lembata Regency
hasCapital Lewoleba
hasCoastlineFeature black sand beaches
rocky shores
small bays
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
small-scale tourism
subsistence whaling
hasEthnicGroup Lamaholot people
Lamalerans
hasIslandNeighbor Adonara Island
surface form: Adonara

Alor
Flores
Pantar
hasLanguage Lamaholot language
hasLargestTown Lewoleba
hasMainPort Lewoleba
hasReligion Islam
Roman Catholicism
hasTraditionalPractice Catholic rituals blended with local customs
boat-building
sperm whale hunting
hasTransportMode ferry connections to neighboring islands
hasVolcanicFeature Ile Ape
Ililabalekan
Lewotolo
knownFor Lamaleran whaling community
traditional whaling
volcanic landscapes
locatedIn East Nusa Tenggara
Lesser Sunda Islands
East Nusa Tenggara
surface form: Nusa Tenggara Timur
locatedInBodyOfWater Banda Sea
Flores Sea
Sawuse Sea
surface form: Sawusea
partOf East Nusa Tenggara
surface form: East Nusa Tenggara province

Solor Archipelago
Sunda Islands
timeZone UTC+8

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flores westOf Lembata
Flores–Lembata languages hasRegion Lembata
this entity surface form: Lembata Island
Flores Sea borderedBy Lembata
Lesser Sunda Islands hasPart Lembata
Lamaholot language spokenIn Lembata
this entity surface form: Lembata Island
Pantar neighboringIsland Lembata
Kedang language spokenIn Lembata
this entity surface form: Lembata Island
Kedang language locatedOn Lembata
this entity surface form: Lembata Island
Kedang language spokenOn Lembata
this entity surface form: Lembata Island
Kedang language isIndigenousTo Lembata
this entity surface form: Lembata Island
Hewa language spokenIn Lembata
Savu Sea borderedBy Lembata
Lembata governedAs Lembata self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lembata Regency