Rampasasa
Rampasasa pygmies is a name given to a group of families described as pygmoid or Negrito, native to Waemulu village in Kecamatan Wae Rii, Manggarai Regency, Flores, Indonesia, following the discovery of Homo floresiensis in the nearby Liang Bua cave in 2003.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Liang Bua.
Liang Bua
Cave
Photo: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, slightly north of the town of Ruteng in Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. The cave demonstrated archaeological and paleontological potential in the 1950s and 1960s as described by the Dutch missionary and archaeologist Theodor L.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruteng.
Ruteng
Photo: Jan Markiewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ruteng is a town in the highlands towards the western end of Flores Island, Indonesia. It is the administrative capital of Manggarai Regency, serviced by the Frans Sales Lega Airport or Ruteng Airport.
Rampasasa
- Type: Locality
- Location: Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Rampasasa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蘭巴薩莎人”
- French: “Rampasasa”
- Indonesian: “Rampasasa”
- Russian: “Пигмеи рампасаса”
- Russian: “Пигмеи Рампасасы”
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