What official data measures Manggarai Barat around Komodo?
Official BPS tables separate Manggarai Barat’s administrative and village-finance data from Komodo National Park indicators. That distinction prevents local governance figures being mistaken for park statistics.
By Mukmin John
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Manggarai Barat’s official statistical picture is organised through administrative and fiscal data rather than a single headline indicator. The available BPS tables identify the number of villages and urban wards by district, while separate tables record village-government revenue and spending; these measures describe the local governance footprint, not park size or visitor numbers.
What official local-government data is available?
Badan Pusat Statistik’s Manggarai Barat table is titled “Jumlah Desa/Kelurahan menurut Kecamatan”, or number of villages and urban wards by district. The page was updated on 2025-06-17, according to BPS, 2025, but the search record available here does not reproduce the table’s underlying figures.
Does the data measure Komodo National Park?
No. The BPS table concerns administrative units in Kabupaten Manggarai Barat, the regency that includes Labuan Bajo and the mainland gateway to Komodo National Park. It should not be presented as a measure of the park’s land or sea area, wildlife population or visitor total.
What financial data can be compared?
BPS also publishes a table on Manggarai Barat village-government revenue and spending. The page was updated on 2025-03-22, according to BPS, 2025; the search record does not show the table’s figures or specify a single consolidated total that can be reported safely here.
Why does the distinction matter?
Administrative counts, village budgets and park indicators answer different questions. For a data explainer about Komodo and Labuan Bajo, each number needs its geographic unit, accounting category and reference year before it can be compared with conservation, tourism or marine statistics.
What can readers conclude?
The official pages confirm that Manggarai Barat has a published statistical framework for local administration and village finance, but the records available for this article do not support a numerical claim about the park itself. Treating those categories as interchangeable would misstate what the data measures.
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