Bali
Bali (/ˈbɑːli/; Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital, Denpasar,[9] is the most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered Bali's cultural centre. The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s, and becoming an Indonesian area of overtourism.[10] Tourism-related business makes up 80% of the Bali economy.[11]
For other uses, see Bali (disambiguation).
Bali
14 August 1958[1]
Bali Provincial Government
Sang Made Mahendra Jaya (Acting)
Vacant
5,780 km2 (2,230 sq mi)
3,031 m (9,944 ft)
4,344,554
750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
- 91.97% Hinduism
- 8.10% Islam
- 3.31% Christianity
- 0.68% Buddhism
- 0.02% others
- Indonesian (official)
- Balinese (native)
- English
2022
4.84%
78,01 (5th) – high
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy
Cultural: (iii), (v), (vi)
2012 (36th Session)
19,519.9 ha (48,235 acres)
1,454.8 ha (3,595 acres)
Bali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism.[3] It is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. The Indonesian International Film Festival is held every year in Bali. Other international events that have been held in Bali include Miss World 2013, the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group and the 2022 G20 summit. In March 2017, TripAdvisor named Bali as the world's top destination in its Traveller's Choice award, which it also earned in January 2021.[12][13]
Bali is part of the Coral Triangle, the area with the highest biodiversity of marine species, especially fish and turtles.[14] In this area alone, over 500 reef-building coral species can be found. For comparison, this is about seven times as many as in the entire Caribbean.[15] Bali is the home of the Subak irrigation system, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[16] It is also home to a unified confederation of kingdoms composed of 10 traditional royal Balinese houses, each house ruling a specific geographic area. The confederation is the successor of the Bali Kingdom. The royal houses are not recognised by the government of Indonesia; however, they originated before Dutch colonisation.[17]
Government[edit]
Politics[edit]
In the national legislature, Bali is represented by nine members,[60] with a single electoral district covering the whole province.[61] The Bali Regional People's Representative Council, the provincial legislature, has 55 members.[62] The province's politics has historically been dominated by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which has won by far the most votes in every election in Bali since the first free elections in 1999.[63]
Penataran Lempuyang Temple, Gunung Lempuyang, Bali
Saint Joseph's Church, Denpasar
Ling Sii Miao Buddhist Temple, Denpasar
Ibnu Batutah Mosque, Kuta
Heritage sites[edit]
In June 2012, Subak, the irrigation system for paddy fields in Jatiluwih, central Bali was listed as a Natural UNESCO World Heritage Site.[141]
