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NIHI Sumba was built in 1988 at Nihiwatu by Claude and Petra Graves and acquired by Chris Burch and James McBride in 2012. [8] [9] [10] The history of NIHI Sumba traces back to the early settlers who named the beach Nihiwatu, meaning "mortar stone," after its isolated rock formation along the tide.
Sumba (Petjo: Soemba-eiland; Indonesian: pulau Sumba), natively also spelt as Humba, Hubba, Suba, or Zuba (in Sumba languages) is an Indonesian island (part of the Lesser Sunda Archipelago group) located in the Eastern Indonesia and administratively part of the East Nusa Tenggara provincial territory.
There are also 87 species of birds protected in this region, with 7 bird taxa endemic to the island of Sumba. These are Sumba yellow-crested cockatoo, Sumba green pigeon, Sumba flycatcher, Sumba cicadabird, apricot-breasted sunbird and Sumba hornbill. 57 species of butterflies are also protected here, 7 of them are endemic to this island.
The area of East Nusa Tenggara province included the western part of Timor island, Flores, Sumba and many smaller islands in the region. The province was originally (from 1958) sub-divided into twelve regencies , [ 14 ] but on 11 April 1996, the City of Kupang , was separated from Kupang Regency and given regency-level status.
The textiles of Sumba, an island in eastern Indonesia, represent the means by which the present generation passes on its messages to future generations. Sumbanese textiles are deeply personal; they follow a distinct systematic form but also show the individuality of the weavers and the villages where they are produced.
The West Sumba Regency (following the re-organisation on 2 January 2007 which created Southwest Sumba Regency and Central Sumba Regency out of parts of West Sumba Regency) is now composed of six districts (kecamatan), whose areas (in km 2) and populations at the 2010 Census [3] and 2020 Census, [4] are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1]