# Kalabahi
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{{distinguish|Kalahari}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Kalabahi
|motto =
|image_skyline = Port Kalabahi, Alor, NTT - panoramio.jpg
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|image_caption = Kalabahi harbour
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|pushpin_map = Indonesia_Lesser Sunda Islands#Indonesia
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands) and [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia)
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Indonesia}}
|subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Indonesia)
|subdivision_name1 = [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands)
|subdivision_type2 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Indonesia)
|subdivision_name2 =[East Nusa Tenggara](/source/East_Nusa_Tenggara)
|subdivision_type3 = [Regency](/source/List_of_regencies_and_cities_of_Indonesia)
|subdivision_name3 = [Alor Regency](/source/Alor_Regency)
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|area_total_km2 = 8.78
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|population_as_of = mid 2023 estimate
|population_note = [Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Teluk Mutiara Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5307010)]
|population_total = 19210
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|timezone = [Indonesia Central Time](/source/Time_in_Indonesia)
|utc_offset = +8
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|area_code_type= [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_Indonesia)
|area_code = (+62) 386
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'''Kalabahi''' is a town on [Alor Island](/source/Alor_Island) and it is the capital of [Alor Regency](/source/Alor_Regency) in [East Nusa Tenggara](/source/East_Nusa_Tenggara) province of [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia). It is the only town on Alor Island. It lies on the north end of the narrow Kalabahi Bay, which is 16 kms long and 1 km wide, and separates the Bird's Head peninsula from the main part of the island. The town possesses the only [puskesmas](/source/puskesmas) (health clinic) available in Teluk Mutiara District, in west Kalabahi.
It covers four ''kelurahan'' (villages) of the Teluk Mutiara District (Kalabahi Barat, Kalabahi Kota, Kalabahi Tengah and Kalabahi Timur), with a land area of 8.78 km2 and a population of 19,210 according to the official estimates for mid 2023.[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Teluk Mutiara Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5307010)]
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Kode
Wilayah || Name of
''kelurahan''
or ''desa'' || Area
in km2|| Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023 ||Post
codes
|-
| 53.05.01.1001 || Kalabahi Barat
(West Kalabahi) ||align="right"| 3.39 ||align="right"| 3,909 ||85814
|-
| 53.05.01.1002 || Kalabahi Kota
(Kalabahi Town) ||align="right"| 0.51 ||align="right"| 2,799 ||85813
|-
| 53.05.01.1003 || Kalabahi Tengah
(Central Kalabahi) ||align="right"| 1.49 ||align="right"| 6,393 ||85812
|-
| 53.05.01.1004 || Kalabahi Timur
(East Kalabahi) ||align="right"| 3.39 ||align="right"| 6,109 ||85811
|-
| 53.05.01 || '''Kalabahi Totals''' ||align="right"|''8.78''||align="right"|''19,210''||
|-
| 53.05.01.1005 || Binongko *||align="right"| 0.73 ||align="right"| 3,434 ||85815
|-
| 53.05.01.1006 || Nusa Kenari *||align="right"| 6.48 ||align="right"| 3,376 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.1008 || Welai Barat (West Welai) ||align="right"| 17.51 ||align="right"| 3,351 ||85816
|-
| 53.05.01.1009 || Welai Timur (East Welai) ||align="right"| 14.04 ||align="right"| 3,062 ||85817
|-
| 53.05.01.1010 || Mutiara *||align="right"| 5.77 ||align="right"| 5,121 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.1011 || Wetabua *||align="right"| 0.65 ||align="right"| 2,366 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.2012 || Lendola ||align="right"| 4.25 ||align="right"| 3,917 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.2013 || Fanating ||align="right"| 12.18 ||align="right"| 2,089 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.2014 || Motongbang ||align="right"| 3.03 ||align="right"| 2,807 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.2015 || Air Kenari ||align="right"| 0.86 ||align="right"| 2,309 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.2018 || Teluk Kenari ||align="right"| 5.04 ||align="right"| 1,061 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01.2019 || Adang Buom ||align="right"| 0.87 ||align="right"| 1,925 ||85819
|-
| 53.05.01 || '''Rest of Teluk
Mutiara District''' ||align="right"|''71.41''||align="right"|''34,818''||
|}
Note: The four ''kelurahan'' indicated by asterisks (*) are suburbs of Kalabahi town. Including them with Kalabahi town raises the population in mid 2023 to 33,507 and its area to 22.41 km2.
==Transportation==
The town is served by [Alor Island Airport](/source/Alor_Island_Airport).
==Climate==
Kalabahi has a [tropical savanna climate](/source/tropical_savanna_climate) (''Aw'') with a long dry season and a short wet season.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
| location = Kalabahi
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| temperature colour = pastel
| Jan high C = 29.5
| Feb high C = 29.2
| Mar high C = 29.9
| Apr high C = 30.4
| May high C = 30.5
| Jun high C = 30.0
| Jul high C = 29.4
| Aug high C = 29.4
| Sep high C = 29.7
| Oct high C = 30.3
| Nov high C = 30.9
| Dec high C = 30.1
| Jan mean C = 26.6
| Feb mean C = 26.2
| Mar mean C = 26.4
| Apr mean C = 26.7
| May mean C = 26.6
| Jun mean C = 26.1
| Jul mean C = 25.3
| Aug mean C = 25.0
| Sep mean C = 25.3
| Oct mean C = 26.2
| Nov mean C = 27.5
| Dec mean C = 27.1
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 23.7
| Feb low C = 23.2
| Mar low C = 23.0
| Apr low C = 23.0
| May low C = 22.8
| Jun low C = 22.3
| Jul low C = 21.3
| Aug low C = 20.7
| Sep low C = 21.0
| Oct low C = 22.2
| Nov low C = 24.1
| Dec low C = 24.1
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=234
|Feb rain mm=209
|Mar rain mm=189
|Apr rain mm=100
|May rain mm=64
|Jun rain mm=42
|Jul rain mm=19
|Aug rain mm=3
|Sep rain mm=6
|Oct rain mm=23
|Nov rain mm=94
|Dec rain mm=190
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org[{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/561757/
|title = Climate: Kalabahi
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = 18 November 2020}}]
}}
{{Commonscat|Kalabahi}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
Category:Populated places in East Nusa Tenggara
Category:Regency seats of East Nusa Tenggara
Category:Alor Archipelago
{{ENusaTenggara-geo-stub}}
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