Sumbawa Besar

Sumbawa Besar is a town on the island of , and is the second-biggest settlement on the island after . It is the administrative capital of the within the province of , and has a population of 56,337 inhabitants as of the 2010 census and 62,753 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 64,936.
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  • Type: Town with 62,800 residents
  • Description: place in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
  • Also known as: Soembawa”, “Soembawa-besar”, and “Sumbawa

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brangbiji Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin Airport, formerly Brang Bidji Airport, is located in Sumbawa Besar, , . It is one of the only two airports in the island of , the other being in .

Sumbawa Besar

Latitude
-8.4899° or 8° 29′ 24″ south
Longitude
117.4196° or 117° 25′ 11″ east
Population
62,800
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
SWQ
United Nations Location Code
ID SWQ
Open location code
6P3VGC69+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5682982501
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1626185
Wiki­data ID
Q6271142
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sumbawa Besar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سمباوا بيسار
  • Bengali: সুম্বাওয়া বেসার
  • Bengali: সোম্বাওয়া বেসার
  • Cebuano: Sumbawa Besar
  • Chinese: 三巴望博沙
  • Chinese: 大松巴哇
  • Chinese: 大鬆巴哇
  • Danish: Sumbawa Besar
  • Dutch: Sumbawa Besar
  • Egyptian Arabic: سمباوا بيسار
  • Finnish: Sumbawa Besar
  • German: Sumbawa Besar
  • Greek: Σουμπάγα Μπεσάρ
  • Gujarati: સુમ્બવા બેસર
  • Hindi: सुम्बावा बेसर
  • Indonesian: Sumbawa Besar
  • Italian: Sumbawa Besar
  • Japanese: スンバワ・ブサール
  • Japanese: スンバワ・ベサル
  • Japanese: スンバワベサール
  • Kannada: ಸುಂಬವಾ ಬೆಸರ್
  • Korean: 숨바와 바르탓
  • Latvian: Sumbava Besara
  • Lithuanian: Sumbava Besaras
  • Malagasy: Sumbawa Besar
  • Malay: Sumbawa Besar
  • Marathi: सुंबावा बेसार
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sumbawa Besar
  • Polish: Sumbawa Besar
  • Romanian: Sumbawa Besar
  • Russian: Сумбава-Бесар
  • Sinhala: සුම්බාවා බෙසාර්
  • Slovenian: Sumbawa Besar
  • Swedish: Sumbawa Besar
  • Tamil: சும்பவா பெசார்
  • Telugu: సుంబావా బెసార్
  • Thai: ซัมบาวา เบซาร์
  • Turkish: Sumbawa Besar
  • Ukrainian: Сумбава-Бесар
  • Urdu: سومباوا بسیار
  • Vietnamese: Sumbawa Besar

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