Sumbawa Besar

Sumbawa Besar is a town and an administrative district, officially just called "Sumbawa", on the island of , and is the second-biggest settlement on the island after the city of .
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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 and Gereja Sang Penebus, Sumbawa Besar.

Aerodrome
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Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III 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 .

Church
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sumbawa Besar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سمباوا بيسار”
  • Arabic: “سومباوا 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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