Adonara
Adonara, viewed from the Space Shuttle, 1983. The eruption plume from stratovolcano Ili Boleng is visible.
Geography
Location	Lesser Sunda Islands
Archipelago	Solor Archipelago
Highest point	1,659 m (5,443 ft)
Administration
Indonesia
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. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (639 × 639 pixels, file size: 345 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Date 1983 Author unnamed NASA astronaut Permission (Reusing this image) PD File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that... This article is about the space vehicle. ... Image File history File links Nusa_Tenggara_Timur. ... Map of Lesser Sunda Islands Satellite picture of the Lesser Sunda Islands The Nusa Tenggara (lit. ... The Solor Archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Solor) is a group of islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, to the west of Flores and to the east of the Alor Strait and the Alor Archipelago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ... Map showing East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur) a province of Indonesia, located in the eastern portion Lesser Sunda Islands, including West Timor. ... Map of Lesser Sunda Islands Satellite picture of the Lesser Sunda Islands The Nusa Tenggara (lit. ... Map of Flores Island Flores (Portuguese for flowers) is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. ... The Solor Archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Solor) is a group of islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, to the west of Flores and to the east of the Alor Strait and the Alor Archipelago. ... Pulau Lembata (the island of Lembata), formerly known as Pulau Lomblen, is the largest island of the Solor Archipelago, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. ... Map showing East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur) a province of Indonesia, located in the eastern portion Lesser Sunda Islands, including West Timor. ... The province (Indonesian: provinsi) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. ...

History

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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: Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Local history is the study of the history of a relatively small geographic area; typically a specific settlement, parish or county. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Raja (disambiguation). ...

• 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

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References

External links

Indonesia Portal

• Satellite photo of Adonara — at Windows to the Universe, showing Adonara's volcanoes