Waikabubak is a town in

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

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

and it is the capital of

West Sumba Regency West Sumba Regency ( id, Kabupaten Sumba Barat) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia. Established in 1958, the regency was considerably reduced in 2007 with the creation of new Regencies on Sumba Island. Its area is now 737.42 ...

. Waikabubak is the second largest town on

Sumba Sumba ( id, Pulau Sumba) is an island in eastern Indonesia. It is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands and is in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Sumba has an area of , and the population was 779,049 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as a ...

island after

Waingapu Waingapu is the largest town in the eastern half of the island of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is the capital town of the Regency of Sumba Timur. The town (a district of the regency) had a population of 35,932 inhabitants at the offic ...

; it had a population of 33,064 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Gallery

File:Kampung Tarung-Waitabar.jpg, The traditional village of Tarung near Waikabubak (picture taken in 2008) File:134. Typisch gezicht op het bovenste en heiligste ovaalrond (de natara) der marapoe-kampoeng Taroeng in het landschap Laoeli (West-Soemba). De vele graven zijn op deze heiligste plek geplaatst rondo, KITLV 503707.tiff, 1910 picture of a

Marapu The Marapu religion (also known as Marafu in Sumba) is a form of ancestral religion that is practiced mainly in the island of Sumba in Indonesia. Marapu is also practiced in many more remote areas of Sumba and Flores. Both the Christians and Mu ...

holy place in

Tarung Tarung, (Dutch: Taroeng) is a populated area in Waikabubak, West Sumba, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17 ...

File:115. Rijk geornamenteerd graf, eventjes be-W. het bivak Wai Kaboebak (landschap Laoeli, West-Soemba), vna den voorkant (het Oosten) gezien. De karbauwenkop mooier behandeld dan op eenig ander West-S, KITLV 503294.tiff, 1910 picture of a richly decorated grave in Waikabubak

References

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