West Nusa Tenggara ( –
NTB) is a
province of
Indonesia. It comprises the western portion of the
Lesser Sunda Islands, with the exception of
Bali which is its own province.
Mataram, on
Lombok, is the capital and largest city of the province. The 2010 census recorded the population at 4,496,855; the latest estimate (for January 2014) is 4,702,389. The province's area is 19,708.79 km
2. The two largest islands in the province are
Lombok in the west and the larger
Sumbawa island in the east.