Bungin Island Explained

Official Name:Bungin Island
Native Name:Pulau Bungin
Pushpin Map:Indonesia
Coordinates:-8.4773°N 116.9943°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Regency
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Type4:Village
Subdivision Name1:West Nusa Tenggara
Subdivision Name2:Sumbawa
Population Total:3,400
Timezone:WIB
Utc Offset:+7

Bungin Island (Indonesian: Pulau Bungin) is located in Alas District, Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia.[1] The island is situated within Bali Sea, 70 kilometers west of the center of Sumbawa Besar district.[2] The island is administratively one of the villages in the district. The island is mostly inhabited by the Bajo people from South Sulawesi, who arrived here more than 200 years ago. During that time they built up with material from the seabed what had been a sandy shoal of an estimated [3] into an area of around where about 3,400 people live, making Pulau Bungin among the densest-populated islands in the world) in pile dwellings shored up with harvested coral stone. Goats are kept on land, and fish are harvested from the surrounding waters with harpoon guns. The island is connected by a causeway to the mainland of the regency. The island is .[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: An island built from coral: How Indonesia’s Bajau made a home. Al Jazzera. 16 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Bungin Island, the world’s most populous region from Indonesia. 16 February 2022.
  3. https://youtube.com/watch?v=qE9pL6XzvAw
  4. Web site: Pulau Bungin, Hidup Sesak di Pulau Terpadat. 16 February 2022. Kompas.
  5. Web site: Bagaimana hidup di Pulau Bungin yang dijuluki terpadat?. 16 February 2022. BBC.
  6. Web site: PULAU BUNGIN, PULAU TERPADAT KARENA KETERIKATAN BUDAYA. Ditjen PDT.