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The Brokpa speak an Indo-Aryan language called Brokskat, which is a variety of the Shina language currently spoken in the Gilgit region. [9] ( During the British Raj, it became common to refer to the people of the Gilgit region as "Dards" using ancient nomenclature.
Gunungsitoli is a city [2] located in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on the Indian Ocean island of Nias, west of Sumatra.Gunungsitoli is the island's only city and is the main hub for the island and surrounding smaller islands.
Komodo National Park featured on the reverse of the 50,000 rupiah banknote. The island of Padar and part of Rinca were established as nature reserves in 1938. [3]Komodo Island was declared a nature reserve in 1965, [4] and in January 1977 as a biosphere reserve under the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme.
Ardabil (Persian: اردبیل, pronunciation ⓘ) [a] is a city in northwestern Iran.It is in the Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, [5] [6] the county, and the district. [7]
Nias (Indonesian: Pulau Nias, Nias: Tanö Niha) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.Nias is also the name of the archipelago (Kepulauan Nias) of which the island is the centre, but also includes the Batu Islands to the southeast and the small Hinako Islands to the west.
Mount Gede (Indonesian: Gunung Gede; lit. ' Big Mountain ' in Sundanese) is a stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia.The volcano contains two peaks with Mount Gede as one peak and Mount Pangrango for the other one.
Puncak Jaya region icecap, Papua Puncak Jaya (Indonesian: [ˈpuntʃak ˈdʒaja]; literally "Glorious Peak", Amungme: Nemangkawi Ninggok) [2] or Carstensz Pyramid (/ ˈ k ɑːr s t ən s /, Indonesian: Piramida Carstensz, Dutch: Carstenszpiramide) on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of 4,884 m (16,024 ft), is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth, and the highest peak in ...
Samosir is a popular tourist destination due to its exotic history and the vistas it offers. The tourist resorts are concentrated in the Tuktuk [] area. The island is the centre of the Batak culture and many of the Toba Batak traditional houses (rumah adat) remain on the island.