Flores

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Flores
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For other uses, see Flores (disambiguation). Flores Island, Indonesia | Topography of Flores | | Geography | Location | South East Asia | Coordinates | 8°40′29″S121°23′04″ECoordinates: Click the blue globe to open an interactive map.8°40′29″S 121°23′04″E | Archipelago | Lesser Sunda Islands | Area | 13,540 km2(5,228 sq mi)[1] | Area rank | 60th | Highest elevation | 2,370 m (7,780 ft) | Highest point | Poco Mandasawu | Country | Indonesia | Province | East Nusa Tenggara | Largest city | Maumere (pop. 70,000) | Demographics | Population | 1,831,000 (as of 2010) | Density | 135 /km2 (350 /sq mi) |
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1,831,000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is Portuguese for "flowers".
Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi.
On 12 December 1992, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred, killing 2,500 people in and around Maumere, including islands off the North coast. Contents [hide] * 1 Homo floresiensis * 2 History * 3 Administration * 4 Flora and fauna * 5 Culture * 6 Tourism * 7 Economy * 8 Gallery * 9 See also * 10 Notes * 11 References * 12 External links |
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[edit]Homo floresiensis
Main article: Homo floresiensis
In September 2004, at Liang Bua Cave in western Flores, paleoanthropologists discovered small skeletons that they described as a previously unknown hominidspecies, Homo floresiensis. These are informally named hobbits and appear to have stood about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall. The

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