Bajawa | |
|---|---|
 Bajawa | |
  Bajawa Location in Indonesia  Bajawa Bajawa (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 8°48′29″S 120°57′22″E / 8.80806°S 120.95611°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Province | East Nusa Tenggara |
| Regency | Ngada |
| Population | |
| • Total | 39,442 |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (WITA) |
Bajawa is a town of Flores, Indonesia and the capital of the Ngada Regency. Ngada Regency is part of East Nusa Tenggara province and located to the east of Ruteng.
Bajawa features natural hot springs which are used for bathing[2] and volcanic scenery[3] due to the proximity of the Inierie Volcano. The population is primarily Roman Catholic.
Transportation
The town is served by two minor airports:
Climate
Bajawa has a cool tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy to very heavy rainfall from November to April.
| Climate data for Bajawa | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 24.9 (76.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 376 (14.8) |
308 (12.1) |
257 (10.1) |
130 (5.1) |
86 (3.4) |
33 (1.3) |
49 (1.9) |
26 (1.0) |
20 (0.8) |
80 (3.1) |
170 (6.7) |
300 (11.8) |
1,835 (72.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ↑ Kim "kcheepv". "Ruteng to Bajawa by car". GLOBOsapiens.net. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ↑ Moxon, Mark. "Indonesia: Bajawa". Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ↑ "Climate: Bajawa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bajawa.
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