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Komodo Island

Komodo island is one of the 17,508 islands in the republic of Indonesia. It is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province. Komodo Island has a surface area of 390 km² and permanent population of over 2,000. The most populations are Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu. In addition, the island is a popular destination for diving. On November 11^th, 2011, The Komodo island is included to New 7 Wonders of Nature list.

            There are some unique fauna that live on Komodo Island. One of those is the Komodo Dragon, the largest lizard in the earth, takes its name from the island. Komodo is a type of monitor lizard which inhabits Komodo Island and some of the smaller surrounding islands. Javan deer also inhabit the island and the other animals includes buffalo, civets, cockatoo.

            Komodo Island also contains a beach with pink sand. There are only seven beaches which have pink sand in the world. The sand becomes pink because it is a mixture of white sand and red sand.