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Nusa Lembongan is an island located 12 km southeast of Bali, Indonesia. Administratively, the island is a subdistrict of subdistrict of Klungkung regency. Nusa Lembongan is one of three small islands close together, the others being: Nusa Penida and Nusa Ceningan. The Badung Strait separates these three islands from Bali. Nusa Lembongan is the only one of the 3 to have any tourist infrastructure and is a popular side destination for visitors to Bali.

Nusa Lembongan is approximately 8 square kilometres in size with a popluation estimated at 5,000 ^[1]. The economy is largely tourism-based but there is basic subsistence agriculture and fishing ^[2] on the island and a thriving seaweed farming micro-industry ^[3].

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^ All about Nusa Lembongan, http://nusalembongannews.blogspot.com/2009/05/news-and-rambles-from-nusa-lembongan.html
^ The Jakarta Post, Feb 24th 2009, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/24/residents-lack-tools-monitor-destructive-fishing.html
^ United Nations Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Prodcution of Seaweed in Indonesia, http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/009/ag155e/AG155E05.htm#ref4.5

[1] All about Nusa Lembongan, http://nusalembongannews.blogspot.com/2009/05/news-and-rambles-from-nusa-lembongan.html

[2] The Jakarta Post, Feb 24th 2009, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/24/residents-lack-tools-monitor-destructive-fishing.html

[3] United Nations Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Prodcution of Seaweed in Indonesia, http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/009/ag155e/AG155E05.htm#ref4.5

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-'''Nusa Lembongan''' is an [[island]] southeast of [[Bali]], [[Indonesia]]. Administratively, the island is a subdistrict of [[Indonesia|subdistrict]] of [[Klungkung]] regency. Nusa Lembongan is one of three small islands close together, the others being: [[Nusa Penida]] and [[Nusa Ceningan]]. The [[Badung Strait]] separates these three islands from Bali. Nusa Lembongan is the only one of the 3 to have any tourist infrastructure and is a popular side destination for visitors to [[Bali]].
+'''Nusa Lembongan''' is an [[island]] located 12 km southeast of [[Bali]], [[Indonesia]]. Administratively, the island is a subdistrict of [[Indonesia|subdistrict]] of [[Klungkung]] regency. Nusa Lembongan is one of three small islands close together, the others being: [[Nusa Penida]] and [[Nusa Ceningan]]. The [[Badung Strait]] separates these three islands from Bali. Nusa Lembongan is the only one of the 3 to have any tourist infrastructure and is a popular side destination for visitors to [[Bali]].
+Nusa Lembongan is approximately 8 square kilometres in size with a popluation estimated at 5,000 <ref>All about Nusa Lembongan, http://nusalembongannews.blogspot.com/2009/05/news-and-rambles-from-nusa-lembongan.html</ref>. The economy is largely tourism-based but there is basic subsistence agriculture and fishing <ref>The Jakarta Post, Feb 24th 2009, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/24/residents-lack-tools-monitor-destructive-fishing.html</ref> on the island and a thriving seaweed farming micro-industry <ref>United Nations Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Prodcution of Seaweed in Indonesia, http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/009/ag155e/AG155E05.htm#ref4.5</ref>.
-Nusa Lembongan is approximately 8 square kilometres in size. The economy is largely tourism-based but there is basic subsistence agriculture and fishing <ref>The Jakarta Post, Feb 24th 2009, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/24/residents-lack-tools-monitor-destructive-fishing.html</ref> on the island and a thriving seaweed farming micro-industry.
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