With the separate of Nagekeo, the residual Ngada now only has two main ethnic groups, the Bajawa in the south and the Riung in the north.

For example, in December 2013 a row broke out when the Ngada Regency head (bupati), Marianus Sae, apparently became angered following an altercation over local travel arrangements.

On Saturday 21 December 2013 Marianus Sae was apparently unable to obtain a seat on a local flight in East Nusa Tenggara.

Angered by the situation, Sae is reported to have ordered his subordinates to blockade the runway of the Turelelo airport in Soa District (kecamatan).

(c) including nine kelurahan - Bajawa, Faobata, Jawameze, Kisanata, Lebijaga, Ngedukelu, Susu, Tanalodu and Trikora.

(g) the Riung District includes 26 small offshore islands, of which the largest is Pulau Ontoloe in the northwest corner of the regency.

[a] Its heat source is deemed to be residual magma under the young volcanic cone[19] and it generates more than 20 hot springs with temperatures up to 95 °C and flows up to 500 l/s.

[20] The northern springs are likely to be associated with Inielika volcano[b] while the large group of features SW of Bajawa town are associated with Ineri cone and the many small recent eruptive centres to the east.

[23] Ngada Regency is one of the poorest regions in Indonesia but its popularity is increasing among international tourists, which somewhat brings a boost to the local economy.

[24] The two most visited areas in the Ngada region are Bena[25] and Wogo, both traditional villages with megalithic complexes.

The age of the Soa Valley is put at around 650,000 to 1.02 million years during which time there were at least two devastating volcanic events.

[35] Research at nearby Liang Bua cave to the west near Ruteng has also contributed to expanding knowledge about early human activity in the area.