West Manggarai Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Manggarai Barat) is one of the eight regencies which comprise the island of Flores, located in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) in Indonesia.

There is also a large proportion of the population adheres to the religion Islam which is 21.39%, and the rest are Hinduism 0.4% and Buddhism less than 0.01%.

The four leading dialects may be the languages of separate ethnic groups that were subservient to the Manggarai people in ancient times.

[18] The Bajo or Bajau people are the indigenous tribes of the archipelago originating from the Sulu Islands, Philippines.

Programs of tree-planting have been initiated in recent years which are helping improve the local environment.

[20] These activities include efforts to promote continued attention to the cultivation of sugar palms (Arenga pinnata).

[25] The area around Mt Mbeliling, which is rich in bird life, attracts bird-watching groups[26] Sano (means Mount) Nggoang is 513 hectares (1.9 sq.

[27] In late August 2013, the local authority designated that all regency's marine and coastal water up to 12 nautical miles offshore occupied 7,000 square kilometer area as a shark and manta ray sanctuary (includes sea around Komodo Island).

[28] The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard.