Saumlaki

Saumlaki
Town
From top: Dusk at Saumlaki Port and Sukarno Monument
Saumlaki
Location in Maluku Islands and Indonesia
Saumlaki
Saumlaki (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 07°58′30″S 131°18′27″E / 7.97500°S 131.30750°E / -7.97500; 131.30750
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceMaluku
RegencyTanimbar Islands Regency
DistrictSouth Tanimbar
Area
  Town proper
12.39 km2 (4.78 sq mi)
  Urban
82.12 km2 (31.71 sq mi)
Population
  Town proper
13,849
  Urban
25,161
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Postcode
97464
Area code(+62) 918

Saumlaki is a town in Tanimbar Islands Regency, Indonesia. It is the seat of Tanimbar Islands Regency, as well as the biggest town in the island of Yamdena. Previously a small village, it has grown to a relatively sizeable town due to its political status as a regency seat. Most of the regency's infrastructure is concentrated in Saumlaki. The administrative location of the town is in the kelurahan (urban village) of Saumlaki, inside South Tanimbar District. The urban settlement extends outside of the administrative boundaries to surrounding communities such as the villages of Olilit and Sifnana.