Sumba

Sumba

Native name: Humba / Hubba (in Sumba)
Geography
Location	Indonesia
Coordinates	9°40′S 120°00′E / 9.667°S 120.000°E / -9.667; 120.000
Archipelago	Lesser Sunda Islands
Area	11,243.78 km2 (4,341.25 sq mi)
Area rank	73rd
Highest elevation	1,225 m (4019 ft)
Highest point	Mount Wanggameti
Administration
Indonesia
Province	East Nusa Tenggara
Largest settlement	Waingapu (pop. 73166[1] - comprising Kota Waingapu and Kambera Districts)
Demographics
Demonym	Sumbans; Sumbanese
Population	853428 (mid 2024 estimate[2])
Pop. density	75.9/km2 (196.6/sq mi)
Languages	Predominantly native Sumba languages (Kambera, Momboru, Anakalang, Wanukaka, Wejewa, Lamboya, Kodi, and Indonesian (national language of Indonesia)
Ethnic groups	Predominantly Sumbans

Sumba (Petjo: Soemba-eiland; Indonesian: pulau Sumba), natively also spelt as Humba, Hubba, Suba, or Zuba (in Sumba languages) is an Indonesian island (part of the Lesser Sunda Archipelago group) located in the Eastern Indonesia and administratively part of the East Nusa Tenggara provincial territory. Sumba has an area of 11,243.78 square kilometres (4,341.25 square miles), about the same size as Jamaica or Hawaii (Island). The population was 686,113 at the 2010 Census^[3] and 779,049 at the 2020 Census;^[4] the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 853,428 (comprising 436,845 males and 416,583 females).^[1] To the northwest of Sumba is Sumbawa, to the northeast, across the Sumba Strait (Selat Sumba), is Flores, to the east, across the Savu Sea (including Savu Island), is Timor, and to the south, across part of the Indian Ocean, is Australia.