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Komodo is one of the 17,508 islands that formed the Republic of Indonesia. The island is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragons, is the largest lizard on Earth, and named after the island itself. Komodo Island has a surface area of 390 square kilometers with population of over two thousand. The people of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and who have mixed with Buginese from the Sulawesi island. Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park. In addition, the island is a popular destination for diving. Can be reached from Bali 1 hour and 35 flights to Labuhan bajo and further on more than 2,5 hours by Private boat.
The Kanawa Island
A spectacular view of fruit bats before dark
The earliest stories of a dragon existing in the region circulated widely and attracted considerable attention. But no one visited the island to check the story until official interest was sparked in the early 1910s by stories from Dutch sailors based in Flores in East Nusa Tenggara about a mysterious creature. The creature was allegedly a dragon which inhabited a small island in the Lesser Sunda Islands ( the main island is Flores). The Dutch sailors reported that the creature measured up to seven meters (twenty-three feet) in length with a large body and mouth which constantly spat fire. Hearing the reports, Lieutenant Steyn van Hensbroek, an official of the Dutch Colonial Administration in Flores, planned a trip to Komodo Island. He armed himself, and accompanied by a team of soldiers he landed on the island. After a few days, Hensbroek managed to kill one of the lizards. These Dragons inhabit the 3 main island : Komodo Island, Rinca Island, Padar island and Gili Motang Island. Declared as National park since 6 march 1980. On 1991 became " World Heritage Site " The local people named those Dragons is " Ora " According to the National Park source that there are 1500 Dragons inhabit Rinca Island and other 1500 in Komodo, Padar and Gili Motang Island.
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