The Lombok island that the Mataram capital was in the province of Nusa Teggara Barat Indonesia, was located between 115 levels - 119 levels lay alongside east and had the area around 5.435 square kilometers. The Lombok island had the number of inhabitants around 3,7juta the spirit and most of his inhabitants were the ethnic group sasaks. Naturally Lombok Island still was dominated by the forest and the mountain.
In this Lombok Island stood the Rinjani Mountain that was the highest mountain of the three in Indonesia, where being gotten the lake of Segara Anak in the height 2.008 m.
The temperature in the Lombok Island revolved between 21 and 33 Celsius levels.
To honors Alfred Russel Wallace a scientist from England, the Lombok strait was named as the Wallace Line. Wallace explain the Lombok Strait as the flora limit and the Asian fauna. His research showed that the flora and the fauna that was to the side of east after the Lombok Island more showed the resemblance with the flora and the available fauna in Australia than in Asia.
Culture was in the Lombok Island influenced strong by the element from outside, especially from Bali, Java (majapahit) and Goa, so as Lombok had heterogenous the culture that was reflected from various clothes sorts and the traditional house, the traditional ceremony and the belief. It was heterogenous that this culture that became the attraction of Lombok Island tourism apart from the beautiful nature tourist attraction.
Source: Indonesia Islands
