Kalabahi is a town on Alor Island and it is the capital of Alor Regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. The town possesses the only puskesmas available in Teluk Mutiara District, in west Kalabahi.
Kalabahi | |
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Location in Lesser Sunda Islands and Indonesia | |
Coordinates: 8°13′S 124°31′E / 8.217°S 124.517°E | |
Country | Indonesia |
Region | Lesser Sunda Islands |
Province | East Nusa Tenggara |
Regency | Alor Regency |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 18,804 |
[1] | |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time) |
Area code | (+62) 386 |
It covers 4 kelurahan (villages) of the Teluk Mutiara District.
Transportation
editThe town is served by Alor Island Airport.
Climate
editKalabahi has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with a long dry season and a short wet season.
Climate data for Kalabahi | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.9 (85.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 234 (9.2) |
209 (8.2) |
189 (7.4) |
100 (3.9) |
64 (2.5) |
42 (1.7) |
19 (0.7) |
3 (0.1) |
6 (0.2) |
23 (0.9) |
94 (3.7) |
190 (7.5) |
1,173 (46) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[2] |
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References
edit- ^ "Statistik Kecamatan Teluk Mutiara 2016" (PDF) (in Indonesian). BPS. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Climate: Kalabahi". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.