Kara: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: West Nusa Tenggara
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 8.3401° S, 118.9187° E
• Time zone: Asia/Makassar (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 1,352 km (840 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport (BMU): 34 km (21 mi), straight line
• Komodo Airport (LBJ): 108 km (67 mi), straight line
• Tambolaka Airport (TMC): 124 km (77 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tawali: 0.5 km (0.3 mi)
• Hidirasa: 1.7 km (1.1 mi)
• Benteng: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Bantawora: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Sangiang: 5.1 km (3.1 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bima, 25 km (16 mi)