Bima

Bima is a city on the east coast of the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Barat province. In 2005, the city had ( Kota ) has an estimated population of 123 064 inhabitants, the surrounding administrative district ( kabupaten ) Bima 407 636 inhabitants.

History

Bima was the capital of the Sultanate of Bima, which had fallen on the east coast of the island of Sumbawa after the Islamization of the early 17th century by the ancient Hindu Kingdom.

In 1792 the Sultan 'Abdu'l Hamid Muhammad Shah signed a treaty with the Dutch East India Company, by the Bima a protectorate of the Netherlands was.

Structure

Bima is in 5 Kecamatan ( districts ) divided (as of 2012):

• Raba
• West Rasanae
• East Rasanae
• Mpunda
• Asakota

Transport

About 10 kilometers southwest of the city is the airport Bima ( BMU IATA ), from the Indonesian airline Merpati Nusantara Airlines to Denpasar Bali to Surabaya and flies on Java.