Administratively , this island including the District of Komodo , West Manggarai regency , East Nusa Tenggara Province , Indonesia . Komodo Island is the most western tip of Nusa Tenggara Timur province , bordering the province of West Nusa Tenggara .
On the island of Komodo dragons animals live and breed well . Until August 2009 , on the island there are about 1,300 dragons tail . Coupled with other islands , such as Island and Rinca and Gili Motang , their numbers totaled about 2500 tails . There are also approximately 100 individuals dragons in Wae Wuul Nature Reserve on the mainland island of Flores but not including the Komodo National Park .
Besides Komodo , this island also store a variety of exotic flora Sepang wood by local people used as medicine and dye clothes , tree or sterculia nitak oblongata in the believe is useful as medicines and seeds are tasty and delicious like peas.
HISTORY
In 1910 the Dutch named the island on the south side of East Nusa Tenggara is the nickname of Komodo Island. This story begins with Lieutenant Steyn van Hens Broek who tries to prove statements about the presence of Dutch troops large animal resembling a dragon on the island. Steyn then kill the dragon and bring documentation to the Museum and Botanical Garden in Bogor to be investigated.
In 2009, the Park has been named a finalist "New Seven Wonders of Nature" which was announced in 2010 by online voting at www.N7W.com.Pada dated 11 November 2011, the New 7 Wonders has announced the provisional winners, and National Parks Komodo entered into the ranks of the winners along with, the Amazon rainforest, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Puerto Princesa Underground River, and Table Mountain. Komodo National Park gets the most votes
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