Kintamani is a district (kecamatan), and a village within that district, on the western edge of the larger caldera wall of the

Mount Batur Mount Batur ''(Gunung Batur)'' is an active volcano located at the center of two concentric calderas north west of Mount Agung on the island of Bali, Indonesia. The south east side of the larger 10×13 km caldera contains a caldera lake. Bo ...

(''Gunung Batur'') caldera in Bali,

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. It is on the same north–south road as Penelokan and has been used as a stopping place to view the Mount Batur region. Kintamani is also known for

Pura Tuluk Biyu Pura may refer to: Places * Pura, Kushtagi, a village in Koppal district, Karnataka, India * Pura, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Pura, Tarlac, a municipality in the Philippines * Pura, Switzerland, a municipality in Ticino, S ...

's 1,000-year-old "Rites of Peace" stone tablets and the

Kintamani dog The Kintamani ( id, anjing kintamani) or the Kintamani-Bali Dog is a dog native to the Indonesian island of Bali and originated from the Kintamani region. It is a popular pet for the Balinese and locally Bali's only official breed. The breed ...

breed. It is situated next to Mount Batur. Kintamani District covers a greater land area than the city of

Denpasar Denpasar (; Balinese: ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ) is the capital of Bali and the main gateway to the island. The city is also a hub for other cities in the Lesser Sunda Islands. With the rapid growth of the tourism industry in Bali, Denpasar has e ...

at 366.9 km², and it was home to 112,463 people at the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. but the area is rural, with only 7,402 people in 2010 in the administrative village of 19.45 km² which has grown up along the single main road. Altogether there are 48 villages (''desa'') in the district.

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