Romang (island)

Romang
	Romang and its neighboring islands
Waters	Banda Lake
Archipelago	Barat Daya Islands
Geographical location	7 ° 34 ′ S , 127 ° 24 ′ E Coordinates: 7 ° 34 ′ S , 127 ° 24 ′ E
surface	168.2 km²
Residents	3884 (2010) ; 23 inhabitants / km²
main place	Hila

Romang ( Roma , Indon .: Pulau Romang ) is one of the Indonesian Barat Daya Islands ( Southwest Islands ) in the Banda Sea .

geography

Romang and its sub-islands

Village on Romang around 1900

Romang is east of Wetar and the Strait of Romang . To the south are the Leti Islands and Kisar . To the west lies Damar with a few small islands. Romang belongs to the inner ribbon bow .

Romang is also surrounded by smaller islands. To the northwest lies Njata , southwest Mitan and east Tellang , Limtutu , Laut , Kital , Maopora and Djuha .

Romang belongs to the Kecamatan (sub-district) Pulau-Pulau Terselatan , Kabupaten (administrative district), Southwest Moluccas ( Maluku Barat Daya ), Maluku Province .

The three Desa of the island are called Hila (2010 population: 1,262), Jerusu (2,138) and Solath (484).

The Malayo-Polynesian language Romang is spoken around Jerusu . In 1991 there were 1,700 speakers of this language.

On Romang there are deposits of copper, gold, lead, silver, zinc and manganese.

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