Alor Archipelago

{{Short description|Archipelago at eastern Lesser Sunda Islands}}

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File:Sirung volcano, Pantar island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.jpg

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The Alor Archipelago ({{langx|id|Kepulauan Alor}}; {{IPA|id|kəpuˌlawan ˈ(ʔ)alɔr}}) is part of Indonesia and is located in the eastern part of Lesser Sunda Islands.

Alor is the largest island in the archipelago which is located at its eastern end. Pantar is the second-largest island in the archipelago, situated between Alor and Lembata. Smaller islands in the group include Pura, Reta, Ternate (not to be confused with Ternate in the North Moluccas), and Treweng, all situated in the Pantar Strait between the two main islands, and Marisa, Rusa and Kambing off the west coast of Pantar in the Alor Strait. Administratively, the Alor archipelago forms its own regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) within the province of East Nusa Tenggara. The Regency is divided into seventeen districts and 158 villages, and has an area of 2,928.88 km² and a population at the 2020 Census of 211,872;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 216,626.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.

To the east of the archipelago is the Ombai Strait, which separates it from the islands of Wetar and Atauro, the latter belonging to East Timor. To the south, across the Strait of Alor, lies the western part of Timor. To the north lies the Banda Sea. To the west lies Lembata and then the rest of the Sunda Islands.