The Place of the Komodo Dragon

Komodo Dragon

Komodo Island is an island located in Nusa Tenggara islands. Komodo Island is known as a habitat for native animals komodo dragons. The island is also the Komodo Dragon National Park which is managed by the Central Government. Komodo Island is located east of the island of Sumbawa, which are separated by Sape Strait.

Administratively, the island including the District of Komodo, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Komodo Island is the westernmost tip of East Nusa Tenggara province, bordering the province of West Nusa Tenggara. 

On the island of Komodo dragons animals live and breed well. Until August 2009, on the island there are about 1300 komodo dragons. Coupled with the other islands, such as the island of Rinca and Gili Motang, their numbers totaled about 2500. There are also around 100 komodo dragons in Wae Wuul Nature Reserve on the mainland island of Flores but not including The Komodo National Park.

Besides Komodo, this island also store a variety of exotic flora Sepang wood by local people used as medicine and dye clothes, nitak tree Sterculia oblongata in believe are useful as drug and tasty and good seeds like peas.

History :

In 1910 the Dutch named the island on the south side of East Nusa Tenggara Province is the nickname of the island of Komodo. This story begins with Lieutenant Steyn van Hens Broek who tries to prove statements Dutch troops on their large animal resembling a komodo dragon on the island. Steyn then killed a komodo dragon and bring documentation to the Museum and Botanical Garden in Bogor to be investigated.

So come here, to one of the beauty of the island of Indonesia