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Ruis Destination Guide

Explore Ruis in Indonesia

Ruis in the region of East Nusa Tenggara is a town in Indonesia - some 943 mi or ( 1517 km ) East of Jakarta , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Ruis

Current time in Ruis is now 02:20 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Makassar " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wolosoko, Watuapi, Watampone, Weetobula, and Waingapu. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Wolosoko . Where to go and what to see in Ruis ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.

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Interesting facts about this location

Liang Bua

The Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the Island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia was the site of the 2003 discovery of a potentially new species of Homo genus, Homo floresiensis, the remains of which are coded LB1, LB2, etc. , after the cave. So far it is the only location in which such remains have been identified.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -8.53 120.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Indonesia, Caves of Indonesia, Flores Island (Indonesia), Paleoanthropological sites, Paleontological sites of Asia, Prehistoric Indonesia

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Ruis

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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.