Bali
an island of the Indian Archipelago E. of Java, belonging to Holland; greatest length, 85 miles, greatest breadth, 55 miles; area, about 2,170 square miles. It consists chiefly of a series of volcanic mountains, of which the loftiest, Agoong (11,326 feet), became active in 1843, after a long period of quiescence. Principal products, rice, cocoa, coffee, indigo, cotton, etc. The people are akin to those of Java and are mostly Brahmins in religion. It is divided into two districts and several autonomous states under native rajahs, and forms one colony with Lombok, the united population being estimated in 1918 at 1,344,880.