One of the main problems for people living in rural areas in the province is frequent shortages of water.

In some villages local non-government organisations, some supported with international assistance, support small projects to improve village water supplies.

[1] The table also includes the locations of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 63 rural desa and 11 urban kelurahan), and its postal code.

Villages in the area include: In 2016 and 2017 Travel + Leisure magazine gave the title of World's Best Hotel (with the highest 98.35 score based on readers' choice) to Nihiwatu Resort (now known as Nihi Sumba[12]).

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