Bali Island,Bali is the name of one of the provinces in Indonesia and also the name of the largest island that is part of the province. In addition consists of the island of Bali, Bali Province also consists of islands smaller in the vicinity, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan Island, Island Ceningan and Serangan Island.
Bali lies between Java and Lombok. Denpasar is the provincial capital of which is located in the southern part of the island. The majority of Balinese are Hindu. In the world famous Bali as a tourist destination with a unique variety of art-culture, especially for tourists from Japan and Australia. Bali is also known as the Island of the Gods and the island of thousand temples.
Bali Island is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands along the 153 km and 112 km wide approximately 3.2 km from the island of Java. Astronomically, Bali is located at 8 ° 25'23 "south latitude and 115 ° 14'55" east longitude which makes tropical like other parts of Indonesia.
Mount Agung is the highest point in Bali as high as 3148 m. The volcano last erupted in March 1963. Mount Batur is also one of the mountain in Bali. Around 30,000 years ago, Mount Batur erupted and produced a terrible disaster on earth. Unlike in the north, the southern part of Bali is irrigated lowland rivers.
Based on the relief and topography, in the middle of the island of Bali lie mountains that extends from west to east and in the mountains there is a cluster of volcanoes is Mount Batur and Mount Agung and non-volcanic mountains, namely Mount Merbuk, Mount Patas and Mount Seraya. The existence of these mountains cause by Geographic Region Bali is divided into two (2) unequal parts namely North Bali with a narrow lowland and less sloping and South Bali with extensive lowland and ramps. Bali slope consists of flat land (0-2%) covering an area of 122 652 ha, undulating land (2-15%) covering an area of 118 339 ha of land is steep (15-40%) and a land area of 190 486 ha of very steep (> 40%) an area of 132 189 ha. Province of Bali has 4 (four) lakes are located in mountainous areas, namely Lake Beratan or Bedugul, Buyan, Tamblingan, and Batur. Natural beautiful Balinese make the island of Bali is famous as a tourist area.
The capital of Bali is Denpasar. Places Ubud Other important as a center of art and resort, located in Gianyar regency. Nusa Lembongan is as one of the dive (diving), located in Klungkung. While Kuta, Seminyak, Jimbaran and Nusa Dua are some places that the main tourism destination, both tourist and beach resorts, spas, and others, located in Badung.
The total area of Bali Province is 5636.66 km2 or 0.29% of total area of the Republic of Indonesia. Bali Province is administratively divided into 8 districts, 1 municipality, 55 districts, and 701 villages / wards.
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