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The largest city is the provincial capital, [[Denpasar]], near the southern coast. Its population is around 748,400 (mid 2023).<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Provinsi Bali Dalam Angka 2024'' [Bali Province In Numbers 2024] (Katalog-BPS 1102001.51)</ref> Bali's second-largest city is the old colonial capital, [[Singaraja]], which is located on the north coast and is home to around 150,000 people in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/travel/beach/829926/Bali-holiday-travel-tips-beach|title=Picture perfect beaches, romantic sunsets and delicious Asian food: Discover Bali|last=Stafford|first=Stephanie|date=22 July 2017|work=Daily Express|access-date=14 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> Other important cities include the beach resort, [[Kuta]], which is practically part of Denpasar's urban area, and [[Ubud]], situated at the north of Denpasar, is the island's cultural centre.<ref>{{Citecite news |last1=Sutcliffe |first1=Theodora |title=Indonesia beginners’ guide: Bali, Lombok, Java and Flores |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/apr/09/indonesia-holiday-guide-bali-lombok-java-flores |titlework=IndonesiaThe beginners'Guardian guide: Bali, Lombok, Java and Flores|last=Sutcliffe|first=Theodora|date=9 April 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 September 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Bali lies just to the west of the [[Wallace Line]],<ref>{{Citecite journal |last1=Tänzler |first1=Rene |last2=Toussaint |first2=Emmanuel F. A. |last3=Suhardjono |first3=Yayuk R. |last4=Balke |first4=Michael |last5=Riedel |first5=Alexander|date=7 May 2014|title=Multiple transgressions of Wallace's Line explain diversity of flightless Trigonopterus weevils on Bali |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |date=7 May 2014 |volume=281 |issue=1782 |pagepages=20132528 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2013.2528|issn=0962-8452 |pmc=3973253 |pmid=24648218 }}</ref> and thus has a fauna that is Asian in character, with very little Australasian influence, and has more in common with Java than with Lombok.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Balinese Flora & Fauna|last1=Davison|first1=Julian|last2=Granquist|first2=Bruce|publisher=Periplus; North Clarendon, VT|year=1999|isbn=9789625931975|location=Hongkong}}</ref> An exception is the [[yellow-crested cockatoo]], a member of a primarily Australasian family. There are around 280 species of birds, including the critically endangered [[Bali myna]], which is [[endemism|endemic]]. Others include [[barn swallow]], [[black-naped oriole]], [[black racket-tailed treepie]], [[crested serpent-eagle]], [[crested treeswift]], [[dollarbird]], [[Java sparrow]], [[lesser adjutant]], [[long-tailed shrike]], [[milky stork]], [[Pacific swallow]], [[red-rumped swallow]], [[sacred kingfisher]], [[Sea eagle (bird)|sea eagle]], [[woodswallow]], [[savanna nightjar]], [[stork-billed kingfisher]], [[yellow-vented bulbul]] and [[great egret]].