Enggano Island

Enggano Island

Enggano Island is an island approximately 100 km south west of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Politically it is a subdistrict or kecamatan of the Bengkulu Utara Regency of the Indonesian province of Bengkulu. It has an area of roughly 500 km² and the highest point is 281 m. The three largest towns on the island are Barhau, Kabuwe and Kayaapu. The island had 1635 inhabitants in 1994, with 64 % of the population belonging to the Engganese people.Fact|date=May 2008

Italian explorer Elio Modigliani visited Enggano Island between April 25 and July 13, 1891. He detailed the apparently dominant role of women in Enggano culture in "L'Isola delle Donne" ("The Island of Women"), first published in 1894. [Modigliani, E. 1894. "L'Isola delle Donne". Ulrico Hoepli, Milano.]

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