Kota Tambolaka (Tambolaka city) is the administrative capital of the

Southwest Sumba Regency Southwest Sumba Regency ( id, Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya) is a regency on Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the In ...

(''Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya''), on the island of

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East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara ( id, Nusa Tenggara Timur – NTT; pt, Sonda Oriental) is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the nor ...

province of

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. Tambolaka was in fact the name of the airport, the real former name of the city being Waitabula (sometimes written Weetabula).

Climate

Tambolaka has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

(

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''Aw'') with moderate to little rainfall from May to November and heavy rainfall from December to April.

Transportation

The town is served by

Tambolaka Airport Lede Kalumbang Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Lede Kalumbang) , formerly Tambolaka Airport, is an airport in Tambolaka, Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It inaugurated a new terminal in 2015, which improved passenger services fro ...

References

Populated places in East Nusa Tenggara Regency seats of East Nusa Tenggara Geography of Sumba {{ENusaTenggara-geo-stub