Bali Indonesian Popular Island

Bali Indonesian Popular Island

Bali is an Indonesian island located at Coordinates: 8°25′23″S 115°14′55″E / 8.42306°S 115.24861°E / -8.42306; 115.24861the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island. Bali was inhabited by Austronesian peoples by about 2000 BC who migrated originally from Taiwan through Maritime Southeast Asia. Culturally and linguistically, the Balinese are thus closely related to the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, and Oceania. Stone tools dating from this time have been found near the village of Cekik in the island's west.

Capital Denpasar Governor Made Mangku Pastika Area 5,632.86 km2 (2,175 sq mi) Population 3,551,000 (2009) Density 630.4 /km2 (1,633 /sq mi) Ethnic groups Balinese (89%), Javanese (7%), Baliaga (1%), Madurese (1%)[1] Religion Hindu (93.19%), Muslim (4.79%), Christian (1.38%), Buddhist (0.64%) Languages Indonesian (official), Balinese Time zone UTC+8