Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara Islands. Komodo Island is known as the Komodo dragon habitat for native animals. The island is also the Komodo National Park is managed by the central government. Komodo Island to the west of Sumbawa Island, separated by Sape Strait.
Administratively, these islands including Komodo subdistrict, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Komodo Island is the westernmost tip of Nusa Tenggara Timur province, bordering the province of West Nusa Tenggara.
Komodo Island, Komodo dragon animals live and breed well. Until August 2009, on the island there are about 1300 Komodo dragon's tail. Plus the other islands, such as Island and the island of Rinca and Gili Motang, their numbers totaled about 2500 tails. There are also about 100 Komodo dragon's tail at Wae Wuul Nature Reserve on the mainland island of Flores, but not including the Komodo National Park area.
Komodo addition, this island also store a variety of exotic flora Sepang timber that is used by people around As with medicine and clothing dye, or nitak tree Sterculia oblongata in believed to be useful as a drug and tasty and good seeds like peas.New Open Word Foundation in partnership with the United Nations Office for Partnerships based in Switzerland again held a vote to establish seven new natural wonders (New 7 Wonders of Nature). After the Borobudur Temple was eliminated in the determination of the seven wonders of man-made world last year, is now the sole representative of Indonesia that still stand for the category of the New 7 Wonders of Nature is the island of Komodo, after Lake Toba and Mount Krakatoa excluded.