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West Lombok Regency is a regency of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the administrative capital is the town of Gerung. The regency covers a land area of 919.44 km2 and had a population of 599,609 at the 2010 census and 721,481 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 776,300 (comprising 390,222 males and 386,078 females).

The Sasak people are the indigenous people of Lombok and form the majority of West Lombok's residents. West Lombok is also home to people of Balinese, Chinese, Tionghoa-peranakan people of mixed Indonesian and Chinese descent and small number of Arab Indonesian people, mainly of Yemeni descent who settled in the early port city of Ampenan.

Most people in West Lombok normally speak the Sasak language as it is the native language of the indigenous people of Lombok. The Indonesian language is the language most widely used in everyday interactions at places such as hotels, larger shops in the township of Senggigi and in the government offices. When at home or a place of recreation West Lombok residents tend to use local western Lombok dialects of the Sasak language.

The regency of West Lombok was established on 9 August 1958 and originally included the northern section of Lombok subsequently separated as the regency of North Lombok. The West Lombok Administrative Region previously oversaw the West coast, Ampenan, Tanjung, Bayan, Gerung, Gondang and Cakranegara.

In 1993 the West Lombok District was separated into two separate entities. As a consequence of the separation of the city of Mataram from the West Lombok Regency on 26 July 1993, the capital of West Lombok Regency was moved from Mataram to Gerung in the south of the regency. This move resulted in the five districts in the northwestern end of the island being judged to be too far away from the services of the West Lombok Regency HQ at Gerung. Subsequently, on 21 July 2008 (and with the full support of the local government of West Lombok Regency) North Lombok established its own regency government situated at Tanjung. The northwest of the island now functions autonomously from the West Lombok Regency.

Kabupaten Lombok Barat terletak di antara 115°49'12,04" BT hingga 116°20'15,62" BT dan 8°24'33,2" LS hingga 8°55'19" LS. Kabupaten yang mengelilingi seluruh wilayah Kota Mataram ini memiliki luas wilayah yakni sebesar 1.053,92 km² (105.392 ha).

Wilayah Kabupaten Lombok Barat berbatasan dengan beberapa kota & kabupaten berikut di provinsi NTB

Seperti kabupaten & kota lain di wilayah Nusa Tenggara, Kabupaten Lombok Barat beriklim tropis basah dan kering (Aw) dengan dua pola musim, yaitu musim penghujan dan musim kemarau. Musim penghujan di wilayah Lombok Barat berlangsung pada periode November hingga April yang bertepatan dengan bertiupnya angin monsun baratan yang bersifat lembap dan basah, sehingga memunculkan banyaknya awan-awan hujan. Sementara itu, musim kemarau di wilayah Lombok Barat terjadi pada periode Mei hingga Oktober yang juga bertepatan dengan angin monsun timuran yang bersifat kering, sehingga sangat jarang memunculkan awan-awan hujan. Suhu udara di wilayah Lombok Barat bervariasi antara 21°–34 °C berdasarkan topografi atau ketinggian permukaan daratan. Tingkat kelembapan nisbi di wilayah ini pun relatif pada angka ±70%–80%.