Lamalera A – small village on Lembata Island in Wulandoni district
Lamalera A is a village (desa) in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) province, within the Kabupaten Lembata administrative unit, belonging to Kecamatan Wulandoni district. Geographically, it is located on Lembata Island, which is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara) archipelago in the broader Bali and Lesser Sunda Islands macroregion. Based on its coordinates (-8.5697, 123.3991), it is situated on the southern to southeastern coast of the island. The available source materials identify the administrative framework at Kabupaten Lembata level, but do not contain detailed, standalone data about the village itself.
General overview
Lamalera A is one of the villages in Wulandoni district, which forms part of Lembata Island's administrative division. Lembata Island – to which the Kabupaten Lembata administrative unit corresponds – is one of East Nusa Tenggara province's relatively isolated smaller islands in Indonesia. According to regency-level Wikipedia sources, the name Lembata refers to the island itself, the corresponding kabupaten, and a literary work, which indicates the complex cultural embedding of the place name. Precise figures regarding village-level population density, area, or administrative data cannot be determined from this source. In general terms, Lembata Island – as one of the smaller islands in eastern Indonesia – is home to communities whose livelihoods are primarily based on agriculture, fishing, and small-scale local trade. Wulandoni district is one of the island's districts, whose settlements, including Lamalera A, are typically smaller communities with traditional village structures. The name Lamalera is known in the region in connection with the broader Lamalera community due to fishing traditions and traditional whaling (a local custom known in Indonesian context); however, no concrete source data is available regarding the village marked as "A" and its distinct characteristics.
Real estate and investment
For Lamalera A, no concrete, verifiable data at either village or district level is available regarding the local real estate market. Considering the broader context, Kabupaten Lembata is a smaller, developing Indonesian regency that is not among the priority investment destinations, in contrast to, for example, Bali or Lombok regencies. Throughout East Nusa Tenggara province, the real estate market shows modest activity, development infrastructure is limited, and accessibility – particularly for smaller islands – affects the market value and turnover of properties. Generally speaking, foreign nationals in Indonesia cannot acquire full ownership (Hak Milik) of real property; the legal framework permits them long-term leasing (Hak Sewa) and, in certain cases, Hak Pakai rights, alongside detailed legal counseling and involvement of local notaries. On smaller, less accessible islands such as Lembata, the quality of infrastructure and transportation connections fundamentally influence real estate market dynamics and investment return prospects.
Safety and security
No settlement-level statistical data or official assessment of public safety in Lamalera A is available in the source materials. East Nusa Tenggara province and, within it, Kabupaten Lembata are among the smaller, rural-character Indonesian regions where public safety is generally strongly influenced by local community norms and traditional social structures. In such smaller island villages, community cohesion typically plays a decisive role in everyday sense of security. Specific crime indicators or incident statistics cannot be provided due to source limitations; those planning travel are advised to review Indonesian and Hungarian foreign affairs information and relevant consular warnings in advance.
Tourist attractions
The available source materials do not identify any specific tourist attractions for Lamalera A village. The broader Lamalera area – of which Lamalera A is part – is, however, known for its traditional, small-scale whaling practices, which form part of local folklore and the indigenous community's cultural heritage, and which are recognized in Indonesia as a distinctive phenomenon associated with Lembata Island; this cultural tradition, however, cannot be directly verified at the Lamalera A desa level with concrete sources, and should be treated only as general knowledge pertaining to the broader Lamalera area. The natural characteristics of Lembata Island – its coastline, marine biodiversity – contribute to the general appeal of the East Nusa Tenggara region, though concrete data tailored to the village cannot be provided due to source limitations. Other settlements in Kabupaten Lembata and their attractions may be within possible proximity, but no source basis exists for providing exact distances.
Summary
Lamalera A is a small Indonesian desa on Lembata Island in the Kecamatan Wulandoni administrative area of East Nusa Tenggara province. The available source materials contain only regency-level data, therefore precise population, area, or infrastructural figures for the village cannot currently be reliably presented. The broader region – Kabupaten Lembata and the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands area – is considered a developing, relatively isolated area within Indonesia, where the real estate market and tourism infrastructure possess more modest capabilities compared to the country's priority destinations. The island environment, rich in cultural and natural resources, itself provides a characteristic context for the village; however, to identify specific attractions or statistics, further sources at the local or administrative level would be necessary.
