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Adonara
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| Adonara | |
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 Adonara, viewed from the Space Shuttle, 1983. The eruption plume from stratovolcano Ili Boleng is visible. |
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| Location | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Archipelago | Solor Archipelago |
| Highest point | 1,659 m (5,443 ft) |
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| Province | East Nusa Tenggara |
Adonara is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, located east of the larger island of Flores in the Solor Archipelago. To the west lies Lomblen. It is the highest of the islands of the archipelago, at 1659 m, and has an area of 497 km2.[1] It is in the East Nusa Tenggara province.
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Local history on Adonara traces its roots to a state that was founded about 1650 on the island. Some post-independence local officials trace their roots to past rulers, called raja, of Adonara. These include:
- Foramma, c. 1650
- Balawamma, c. 1675
- Buli I, c. 1681-1682 (or 1691)
- Eko d. 1688 (killed by mountain people)
- Gogok (brother of Eko), c. 1702
- Wuring (son of Buli I), before 1710-1719
- Buli II (son of Wuring), 1719-after 1756
- Lakabella Jo, c. 1832
- Begu, d. July 28, 1850 (killed)
- Pela(ng) (son of Begu), 1850-1857
- (Lakabella?) Jo (brother of Pala), 1857-1868
- Kamba Begu (brother of Lakabella), 1868-1893
- Bapa Tuan (son of Kamba Begu), temporary Raja in 1893 for 6 months
- Arkiang Kamba (Arakang; brother of Bapa Tuan, b. 1866), 1893 or 1894 - abdicated December 18, 1930
- Gela (pretender during the rule of his father Bapa Tuan)
- Bapa Ama (son of a sister of Kamba Begu), Regent with the title of Kapitan 1930 - December 1, 1935, condemned to life imprisonment before 24 April 1936 and sent to Kupang
- Raja Nuhung Bapa (son of Gela, b. 1915), r. until after 1950
- Bapa Nuhur, Regent 1936/41 - 1940s during the minority of Raja Nuhung Bapa
- Raja Bapa Gela ((son of Bapa Kaya), b. 1905)
- Bapa Kaya, Regent 1940s-12/1/1954 during the minority of Raja Bapa Gela
- Mohamad Eke (greatgrandson of Raja Jo, 1929 - c. 1985), not titled raja 1954-?, first referred as Government Asst during Bapa Kaya's rule and also Kapitan of Adonara
- ^ Monk, K.A.; Fretes, Y., Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. (1996). The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd., page 8. ISBN 962-593-076-0.
- Satellite photo of Adonara — at Windows to the Universe, showing Adonara's volcanoes