The Province of Bali consists of several islands. Those islands are: Bali, itself,  the largest of the group, and the smaller islands of Nusa Penida, Nusa  Ceningan, Nusa Lembongan, and Serangan Island as well as Menjangan Island.
     Bali Island covers an area of 5,632.86 km or 0.29% of the entire Indonesian  archipelago.  The Province of Jawa Timur, to the west is separated from Bali by the Bali  Strait. To the East is the island of Lombok, across the Lombok Strait.    Administratively, the island is divided into 9 districts (8 regencies and 1    municipality), 51 sub districts, 565 villages, 79 local political district and 3,499  banjar or community groups.

Geographically, the Province of Bali is situated 8o - 03' – 40" to 8o – 50’ – 48"   South of the Equator and 1140-25'-53" to 1550-42'-40" East longitude   The relief or topography of Bali has as its main feature a mountain range that   traverses the island from east to west. Among those mountains are two of    significant size: the volcanoes of Gunung Agung (3,450 m) and Gunung Batur  (1,717m). Bali has a tropical climate that is influenced by wind patterns which alternate   every six months. There are two seasons: the dry season from April to October   and the rainy season from October to April . Temperatures vary from 24.0 degrees Celsius to 30.8 degrees Celsius. Rainfall during the last five years ranged between a low of 893.4mm and a high level of 2,702.6 mm as an annual average.

This citation comes from official Balinesse homepage. Please visit official Bali page
 
 

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