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Sumbawa Besar
Sumbawa Besar is the main town of western Sumbawa in the Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara. From the later 17th century it was the seat of the Sumbawa Sultanate, whose rulers intermarried with the royal families of Makassar and the Bugis and accepted the overlordship of the Dutch East India Company. Its royal palace, the Istana Dalam Loka, dates from 1885.
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