Sowa
Indonesia
Sowa: facts
At a glance
- Country: Indonesia
- Region: West Nusa Tenggara
- Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
- Coordinates: 8.3751° S, 118.6901° E
- Time zone: Asia/Makassar (UTC+08:00)
- Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
- Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 1,328 km (825 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport (BMU): 18 km (11 mi), straight line
- Tambolaka Airport (TMC): 130 km (81 mi), straight line
- Komodo Airport (LBJ): 132 km (82 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Kolo: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
- Sai: 7.5 km (4.6 mi)
- Manggekompo: 9.3 km (5.8 mi)
- Lela: 9.9 km (6.2 mi)
- Manggenae: 10 km (6 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bima, 10 km (6 mi)
Coming up in Sowa
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve Joint Holiday
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
- 1 Jan 2027: New Year's Day
- 5 Jan 2027: Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad (tentative)
- 6 Jan 2027: Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad (tentative)
- 5 Feb 2027: Chinese New Year Joint Holiday
- 6 Feb 2027: Chinese New Year's Day
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