Selong

{{Short description|City in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia}}

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| official_name = Selong

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| settlement_type = Town/City

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| image_skyline = COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Richtingbord bij een markt in de omgeving van Selong TMnr 10029700.jpg

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| image_caption = Road sign at a market near Selong (1949)

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| map_caption = Location of Selong on Lombok

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Indonesia

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Lesser Sunda Islands

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = West Nusa Tenggara

| subdivision_type3 = Regency

| subdivision_name3 = East Lombok

| subdivision_type4 = Kecamatan

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| area_total_km2 = 31.68

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| population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate

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| population_note = Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Lombok Timur Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5203)

| population_total = 98953

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| timezone = UTC+08

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Selong is a town and administrative district (kecamatan) on the island of Lombok which serves as the capital of the East Lombok Regency in the Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is subdivided into the eleven urban villages (kelurahan) of Denggen, Jorong, Kelayu Selatan, Kelayu Utara, Kembang Sari, Majidi, Pancor, Rakam, Sandubaya, Sekarteja and Selong Kota, together with one rural village (desa) of Denggen Timur.

Climate

Selong has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with little to no rainfall from April to November and heavy rainfall from December to March.

{{Weather box

|width = auto

| location = Selong

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 29.6

| Feb high C = 29.6

| Mar high C = 29.9

| Apr high C = 30.4

| May high C = 30.0

| Jun high C = 29.3

| Jul high C = 28.9

| Aug high C = 29.4

| Sep high C = 30.1

| Oct high C = 30.4

| Nov high C = 30.1

| Dec high C = 29.8

| Jan mean C = 25.6

| Feb mean C = 25.7

| Mar mean C = 25.7

| Apr mean C = 25.6

| May mean C = 25.0

| Jun mean C = 24.1

| Jul mean C = 23.6

| Aug mean C = 24.0

| Sep mean C = 24.9

| Oct mean C = 25.5

| Nov mean C = 25.8

| Dec mean C = 25.7

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| Jan low C = 21.7

| Feb low C = 21.8

| Mar low C = 21.5

| Apr low C = 20.8

| May low C = 20.1

| Jun low C = 19.0

| Jul low C = 18.4

| Aug low C = 18.7

| Sep low C = 19.7

| Oct low C = 20.6

| Nov low C = 21.5

| Dec low C = 21.6

|rain colour=green

|Jan rain mm=254

|Feb rain mm=166

|Mar rain mm=146

|Apr rain mm=52

|May rain mm=36

|Jun rain mm=8

|Jul rain mm=38

|Aug rain mm=15

|Sep rain mm=5

|Oct rain mm=29

|Nov rain mm=84

|Dec rain mm=215

|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web

|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/55009/

|title = Climate: Selong

|publisher=Climate-Data.org

|accessdate = 17 November 2020}}

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References