Waingapo

Waingapo lies on the north coast of eastern Sumba, beside a sheltered bay facing the Savu Sea. Inland are the dry grasslands and valleys of Sumba's eastern domains. Horses were numerous on the island by the latter half of the eighteenth century, and were prized by local nobles as well as involved in disputes between communities. Traders from other islands visited Sumba's shores, where local chiefs controlled access to the land and its people.