Solor

Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the languages of Adonara and Lamaholot. There are at least five volcanoes on this island which measures only 40 kilometres (25 miles) by 6 kilometres (3.7 miles). The island's area is 226.34 square kilometres (87 square miles),^[1] and it had a population of 34,029 at the 2020 Census.^[2] The official estimate as at mid 2022 was 35,891.^[3]

^ Monk, K.A.; Fretes, Y.; Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. (1996). The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd. p. 8. ISBN 962-593-076-0.
^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.

[MONK_8-1] Monk, K.A.; Fretes, Y.; Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. (1996). The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd. p. 8. ISBN 962-593-076-0.

[2] Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

[3] Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.

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