Benteng: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: West Nusa Tenggara
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 8.3620° S, 118.9167° E
• Time zone: Asia/Makassar (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 1,353 km (840 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport (BMU): 32 km (20 mi), straight line
• Komodo Airport (LBJ): 108 km (67 mi), straight line
• Tambolaka Airport (TMC): 122 km (76 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tawali: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Kara: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Hidirasa: 4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Bantawora: 4.7 km (2.9 mi)
• Ntoke: 5.3 km (3.3 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bima, 24 km (15 mi)