Ruteng is a town in the highlands towards the western end of Flores Island,

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. It is the administrative capital of Manggarai Regency, serviced by the

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or Ruteng Airport. The population is predominantly

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, but still preserve the ancient Manggarai custom of ''caci'' (

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), which is usually practiced at

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s, and serves as a

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. The

Liang Bua Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, slightly north of the town of Ruteng in Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. The cave demonstrated archaeological and paleontological potential in the 1950s and 1960s as descr ...

archeological site is nearby, around 10 km to the north of Ruteng.

Administration

The town of Ruteng is equivalent to the administrative district (''kecamatan'') of Langke Rembong, which covers an area of 38.81 km², and is composed of twenty urban villages (''kelurahan''); note that it does ''not'' include the administrative district named Ruteng, which is actually a mainly rural district (with one ''kelurahan'' and eighteen rural villages (''desa'')), which lies to the west of Langke Rembong District and thus of the town. The areas and populations (as at mid 2023) of the component ''kelurahan'' of Langke Rembong District are tabulated below,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Langke Rembong Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.53103110) together with their postcodes.

Climate

Ruteng has a

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(

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''Af'') that borders a

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(''Cfb'') and a

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(''Am''). It features very warm afternoons and pleasant mornings year-round, moderate rainfall from June to August and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

References

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