Balai: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: West Nusa Tenggara
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 8.5992° S, 118.9826° E
• Time zone: Asia/Makassar (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 1,364 km (848 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport (BMU): 33 km (21 mi), straight line
• Tambolaka Airport (TMC): 94 km (59 mi), straight line
• Komodo Airport (LBJ): 100 km (62 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Lanta Timur: 2.8 km (1.7 mi)
• Sukamaju: 3.1 km (1.9 mi)
• Kalede: 3.1 km (1.9 mi)
• Naru: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Naebugis: 3.6 km (2.2 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bima, 32 km (20 mi)