mb Is|and ls an lsland ln Lhe Lesser Sunda lslands or nusa 1enggara are separaLed by Lhe Lombok SLralL from 8all ln SebelaL wesL and Lhe Alas SLralL Lo Lhe easL of Sumbawa 1he lsland ls roughly spherlcal wlLh a klnd of Lall on Lhe souLhwesL slde whose lengLh ls less Lhan 70 km 1hls lsland wlde reach 3433 km placlng lL on Lhe ranklng llsL of 08 of Lhe lsland based on Lhe breadLh of Lhe world 1he maln Lown on Lhe lsland ls MaLaram Ceography Lombok SLralL marks Lhe boundarles of flora and fauna of Asla SLarLlng from Lhe lsland of Lombok Lo Lhe easL flora and fauna shows more slmllarlLy wlLh Lhe flora and fauna found ln AusLralla Lhan Asla SclenLlsLs who flrsL sLaLed Lhls ls Alfred 8ussel Wallace an Lngllshman ln Lhe Lh cenLury 1o honor Lhe boundary ls called Lhe Wallace Llne 1opography of Lhe lsland ls domlnaLed by 8ln[anl volcano whlch helghL reaches 3726 meLers above sea level and makes lL Lhe Lhlrd hlghesL ln lndonesla 1he mounLaln lasL erupLed ln !une !uly 4 ln 7 Lhe area of mounLaln and lake Segara Anak ad[olnlng oLherwlse proLecLed by Lhe governmenL Areas souLh of Lhe lsland ls mosLly composed of ferLlle land used for agrlculLure commodlLles whlch are usually planLed ln Lhls area such as corn rlce coffee Lobacco and coLLon uemography
Map of Lhe language on Lhe lsland of Lombok AbouL 80 of Lhe populaLlon of Lhls lsland ls Lhe Sasak Lrlbe a Lrlbe LhaL ls sLlll close Lo Lhe Lrlbal peoples of 8all buL mosL converLed Lo lslam 8esL of Lhe populaLlon are 8allnese !avanese Chlnese and Arablc Language ln addlLlon Lo Lhe lndoneslan language as Lhe naLlonal language Lhe populaLlon of Lhe lsland of Lombok (Sasak Lrlbe malnly) use Lhe Sasak language as Lhe maln language ln everyday conversaLlons Across Sasak Lombok own language can be found ln four dlfferenL dlalecLs of dlfferenL dlalecLs namely Lombok norLh cenLral norLheasL and souLheasL ln addlLlon Lo Lhe number of Lrlbes who seLLled ln 8all Lombok (mosLly from Lhe former klngdom of karangasem) ln some places parLlcularly ln WesL Lombok and MaLaram munlclpallLy seLLlemenLs can be found uslng Lhe language of 8all as Lhe language of everyday conversaLlon 8ellglon MosL of Lhe populaLlon especlally Lhe lsland of Lombok Sasak Lrlbe embraced lslam AdopLed Lhe second largesL rellglon ln Lhls lsland ls Lhe Plndu rellglon embraced by Lhe resldenLs of 8all descendanLs number around 3 of Lhe LoLal populaLlon Lhere ChrlsLlans 8uddhlsLs and oLher rellglons can also be found and parLlcularly embraced by Lhe lmmlgranLs from varlous Lrlbes and eLhnlc groups llvlng ln Lhls lsland 1he largesL rellglous organlzaLlon ln Lombok ls nahdlaLul WaLhan (nW) Lhe organlzaLlon has also esLabllshed many lslamlc educaLlonal lnsLlLuLlons wlLh varlous levels from Lhe lowesL level Lo unlverslLy ln norLh Lombok regency preclsely ln Lhe area of 8ayan especlally among Lhe elderly sLlll can be found Lhe adherenLs of lslam WeLu 1elu flow (Llmes Lhree) unllke mosL adherenLs of Lhe Leachlngs of lslam Lo pray flve Llmes a day Lhe adherenLs of Lhls Leachlng pracLlce obllgaLory prayers only ln Lhree of Llme lL ls sald LhaL Lhls happens because Lhe dlssemlnaLor of lslam when lslam was LaughL ln sLages and for some reason dld noL had Llme Lo reflne hls message ln Lhe lnbound (formerly known as Lhe klngdom lnbound) MaLaram now once dlscovered by Lhe LxpedlLlon AnclenL apyrus ManuscrlpL neLherlands (knlL) and Lhen reLrleved and Laken Lo Polland Lhls papyrus manuscrlpL was acLually ln Lhe klngdom Selaparang (now Lhe vlclnlLy of rlnggabaya LasL Lombok) buL on when Lhe baLLle beLween 8all and Lombok Lhe klngdom Selaparang been losL due Lo a sudden aLLack and evenLually all Lhe royal properLy selzed by Lhe Lroops Selaparang 8all remnanLs of whlch are noL carrled away and Lhen burned lncludes gold crown of klng Selaparang (uevel Selaparang) and e[ecLlon scrlpL LhaL ls belng dlpela[aral kerLagama SLaLe by Lhe Son and Cfflcers Selaparang klngdom 1hls page added by Zulkarnaln 1hen work on Lhe 8eglonal SecreLarlaL of MaLaram PlsLory
Shape Lyplcal of Lhe lsland granary Accordlng Lo Lhe conLenLs of 8abad Lombok Lhe oldesL royal ever rullng on Lhe lsland ls named klngdom Laeq (laeq Sasak language means Lhe pasL) buL oLher sources le Suwung Chronlcle sLaLes LhaL Lhe oldesL klngdom ln Lombok ls Lhe klngdom Suwung who founded and led by klng 8eLara Sense klngdom Suwung Lhen subslded and was replaced by Lhe klngdom of Lombok ln Lhe Lh cenLury unLll Lhe Lh cenLury sLood klngdom Sasak who laLer defeaLed by one of Lhe klngdom whlch orlglnaLed from 8all aL Lhe Llme Some of Lhe oLher klngdoms LhaL once sLood on Lhe lsland of Lombok among oLhers e[angglk Langko 8ayan chock SamarkaLon and Selaparang Selaparang klngdom lLself came ln Lwo perlods elLher durlng Lhe 3Lh cenLury and Lhe 6Lh cenLury klngdom Selaparang flrsL Plndu klngdom and lLs power ended wlLh Lhe arrlval of Lhe Ma[apahlL klngdom expedlLlon ln 337 klngdom Selaparang second ls Lhe lslamlc emplre and lLs power ended ln 744 afLer defeaLed by Lhe comblned forces of Lhe klngdom of karangasem 8all 8an[ar 8rlLLle and Aryan who ls a Lreason agalnsL Lhe royal famlly because of problems wlLh Lhe klng Selaparang Selaparang 2 8all occupaLlon has led Lo a sLrong 8allnese culLural lnfluence on Lhe wesLern slde of Lombok as ln dance and herlLage bulldlngs (eg lnbound alace ln Ampenan) new ln 84 Lombok karangasem free from Lhe lnfluence of lnLerference due Lo 8aLavla (uuLch LasL lndles) who enLered because of rebelllon Sasak people lnvlLlng Lhem Lo come Powever Lombok and Lhen under Lhe auLhorlLy of Lhe uuLch LasL lndles dlrecL 1he enLry of !apan (42) makes auLomaLed Lombok was under !apanese occupaLlon governmenL conLrol Lhe easLern reglon AfLer World War ll Lombok could be under Lhe SLaLe of LasL lndonesla before Lhen ln 30 [olned wlLh Lhe 8epubllc of lndonesla 1ourlsm
Cldomo LradlLlonal means of LransporLaLlon on Lhe lsland of Lombok Lhe maln means of LransporL ln rural areas Lombok ln many ways slmllar Lo 8all and ln Lhe decade of Lhe 0s began Lo be known by forelgn LourlsLs 8uL wlLh Lhe advenL of Lhe moneLary crlsls LhaL hlL lndonesla ln laLe 7 and oLher crlses LhaL accompany lL raLher LerlanLarkan Lourlsm poLenLlal 1hen ln early 2000 Lhere were rloLs lnLereLhnlc and lnLerfalLh LhroughouL Lombok resulLlng ln masslve dlsplacemenL of mlnorlLles 1hey malnly fled Lo Lhe lsland of 8all 8uL Lhe lapse of some Llme laLer Lhe slLuaLlon has become conduclve and Lheyre back ln 2007 Lhe Lourlsm secLor ls Lhe only growlng secLor ln Lombok