Bali Island
Bali is the name of one province in indonesia and is also the name of the largest island to become part of the province. In addition, comprising the island of bali provinces bali also composed of the islands smaller in the vicinity; namely pulau nusa penida, pulau nusa lembongan, pulau nusa ceningan and pulau attack.
Bali is situated between the islands of Java and Lombok. Provincial capital Denpasar, which is located in the southern part of the island. The majority of the population of Bali is Hindu religions. In the world, Bali is famous as a tourism destination with the uniqueness of the various seni-budaya (Art & Cultures) results, particularly for Japan and Australia. Bali is also known as Land of Gods (Pulau Dewata) and the island of a thousand temples. |
Geography
Gunung Agung (Mount Agung/ Grand Mountain) is the highest point in bali as high as 3.148 m. volcanism this last erupted in march 1963. Mountain Batur also one of the mountains of which there are in bali. About 30,000 years ago, mountain batur erupting and produce disaster redoubted on earth. Different with in the north, the south of bali is the lowlands passed by rivers.
Based on topographic relief and, in the middle of the island of Bali lies the mountain range extends from West to East and among the mountains there is a cluster of volcanoes of Mount Batur and Agung Mount as well as the mountain is not a volcano, Gunung Patas and Mount Merbuk, Mount Seraya. The presence of the mountain ranges causes 2 areas of Bali is geographically divided into two parts that are not the same, namely North Bali with a narrow lowland and less sloping and South Bali with broad lowlands and ramps. The slope of the island's land consists of flat land (0-2%) covering an area of 122.652 ha, undulating land (2-3%) of land covering an area of steep, 118.339 ha (15-40%) covering an area of 190.486 ha of land and very steep (>40%) covering an area of 132.189 ha. vinsi Bali has four of a lake that is located in a mountainous area, namely Lake Beratan or Bedugul, Buyan and Tamblingan, Batur,. Beautiful Balinese nature makes the famous island of Bali as a tourist area. The capital city of bali is denpasar. Other important places is ubud as of art center and resort, situated in the county of gianyar. Nusa Lembongan is as one of the places snorkeling ( diving ), situated in the County of Klungkung. While Kuta, Seminyak, Jimbaran and Nusa Dua a couple of places who became the main purpose of tourism, goos to tour the beach, as well as a resting place spa, and others, situated in the county of badung. The Bali provincial erritory is 5.636,66 km2 or 0,29% area of the unitary Republic of Indonesia. Administratively, the province of Bali is divided into 8 districts, 1 municipality, 55 sub-districts, and 701 villages. |
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