Bajawa
Place in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
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Bajawa is a town (kelurahan) and an administrative district (kecamatan) on the island of Flores, Indonesia, and the capital of the Ngada Regency. Ngada Regency is part of East Nusa Tenggara province and located to the east of Ruteng.
Bajawa features natural hot springs which are used for bathing[2] and volcanic scenery[3] due to the proximity of the Inierie volcano some 10 km to the south.[4] The population is primarily Roman Catholic.
Bajawa district
Bajawa district has 28 villages, listed below with their populations as at mid 2024: [1]
- Bajawa (2,376)
- Faobata (2,946)
- Tanalodu (2,404)
- Kisanata (1,021)
- Jawameze (1,388)
- Trikora (2,477)
- Ngedukelu (2,489)
- Lebijaga (3,215)
- Susu (1,852)
- Beja (679)
- Bomari (1,025)
- Ubedolumolo (833)
- Beiwali (1,962)
- Wawowae (1,818)
- Naru (2,307)
- Borani (1,196)
- Langagedha (746)
- Pape (649)
- Bowali (858)
- Ngoranale (1,559)
- Bela (921)
- Ubedolumolo I (955)
- Langagedha I (278)
- Ubedolumolo II (998)
- Boradho (670)
- Mukuvoka (564)
- Ngadhamana (911)
- Bolonga (843)
- Total (39.940 (a))
Bajawa (town), Faobata, Tanalodu, Kisanata, Jawameze, Trikora, Ngedukelu, Lebijaga, Ngedukelu and Susu are urban kelurahan; the other villages are rural desa.
Note: (a) comprising 19,677 males and 20,263 females).
Transportation
The town is served by two minor airports:
Climate
Bajawa has a cool tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy to very heavy rainfall from November to April.
| Climate data for Bajawa | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.9 (76.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 376 (14.8) |
308 (12.1) |
257 (10.1) |
130 (5.1) |
86 (3.4) |
33 (1.3) |
49 (1.9) |
26 (1.0) |
20 (0.8) |
80 (3.1) |
170 (6.7) |
300 (11.8) |
1,835 (72.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
