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Saparua
Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The small and uninhabited island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side and Nusa Laut off its southeastern tip. Saparua was administered as a single eponymous district (''kecamatan'') of Central Maluku Regency (''Kabupaten Maluku Tengah''), but in 2012 an additional district of East Saparua was formed from the eastern peninsula of the original district. Kota Saparua (Saparua town) is the administrative centre of the residual (western) district, while Tuhaha is the administrative centre of the new district. The island (including Maolana island) covers a land area of 168.1 km2, and had a population of 32,312 as of the 2010 census and 36,022 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 34,480.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency () is a regency of Maluku Province of Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 11,595.57 km2, and had a population of 361,698 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 423,094 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 432,361.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101) The principal towns are Masohi (the administrative capital) and Amahai, both on Seram Island. The regency (''kebupaten'') is composed of the central part of the island of Seram, the Banda Islands, and the Lease Islands ( Saparua, Haruku, and Nusa Laut), together with those parts of Ambon Island which are outside the City of Ambon. This regency is the largest in area among Malukan regencies. Geography Central Maluku Regency is one of the regencies in Maluku Province. It is mainly located in the central part of Seram Island (betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saparua Language
Saparua is an Austronesian language spoken in Maluku of eastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... Dialects are diverse, and Latu might be included as one. Saparua is currently spoken by around 1,500 people, and it is threatened by extinction. According to a researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency, Khairunnisa, stated that this is caused by the influences of Dutch colonialism, the sectarian conflict, migration, globalization, and the duty to speak Indonesian. References Saparua Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattimura
Thomas Matulessy (8 June 178316 December 1817), also known as Kapitan Pattimura or simply Pattimura, was a famous Ambonese soldier who became a symbol of both the Maluku and Indonesian struggle for independence, praised by President Sukarno and declared a national hero by President Suharto. He has several namesakes in both the Netherlands and in the Indonesian archipelago. Born on the island of Ceram, Pattimura joined the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces after they took the Maluku islands from the French. When the islands were returned to the Dutch in 1816, he was dismissed. The return of the Dutch in 1816 marked a change in the colonial system. After the bankruptcy of the Dutch East India Company, the Indonesian archipelago came under the control of the newly founded Kingdom of the Netherlands. This was accompanied by, among other things, the establishment of a colonial army—the KNIL. Christian Moluccans in particular were wanted as ethnic soldiers in the KNIL. Despi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haria, Saparua
Haria (traditionally called ''Leawaka Amalatu'') is one of the 17 villages on the island of Saparua, Maluku, Indonesia. Pela relationships Haria has a pela (traditional village connection) with the following villages: *Waesamu *Hative Besar *Lilibooi *Sirisori * Bongso : Paperu Important people *Pattimura/Kapitan Thomas Matulessy, one of the Indonesian heroes who helped to fight for independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of .... References Populated places in Maluku (province) Saparua {{Maluku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullath
Ullath is one of 18 villages on the island of Saparua in the province of Maluku (province), Maluku, Indonesia. Ullath situated on the southeastern peninsula of Saparua along with Siri-sori Amalatu, Siri-sori Amapatti, and Ouw. It is most known for its cloves, fish, and sago. The current raja (or traditional village leader) is Abraham Nikijuluw. Ullath consists of an area that is 6,8 km2, and has a total population of 1,478 people, which makes it the 10th largest village on the island. Religion The majority of the people living in Ullath are Protestant Christian and they are part of the Syaloom congregation of the Protestant Church of Maluku. Ullath is one of the original villages on the island and it is well known for its detailed records of the history of Maluku in general, including the fact that Ullath was the first village on the island of Saparua to be evangelized back in 1630, and was later followed by the village Booi. Family groups in Ullath A unique feature in Ullath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Duurstede
Fort Duurstede is a 17th-century colonial Dutch fort in Saparua, Indonesia The fort originally protected Saparoea village. A navigation guide from 1878 advises: "There is good anchorage near this fort in the westerly monsoon in about 12 fathom A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to , used especially for measuring the depth of water. The fathom is neither an international standard (SI) unit, nor an internationally accepted non-SI unit. H ...s." The fort is open to the public and has been heavily restored. References Buildings and structures associated with the Dutch East India Company Installations of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Dutch colonial architecture in Indonesia Duurstede {{Fort-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maluku (province)
Maluku is located in Eastern Indonesia and geographically located in West-Melanesia, between Sulawesi and Western New Guinea, and comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. It is directly adjacent to North Maluku, Southwest Papua, and West Papua (province), West Papua in the north, Central Sulawesi, and Southeast Sulawesi in the west, the Banda Sea, Australia, Timor-Leste and East Nusa Tenggara in the south and the Arafura Sea, Central Papua and South Papua in the east. The land area is 46,158.26 km2, and the total population of this province at the 2010 census was 1,533,506 people,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. rising to 1,848,923 at the 2020 census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,945,648 (comprising 983,943 males and 961,705 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Provinsi Maluku Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.81) The largest city and capital of Maluku province is A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruku Island
Haruku Island is an island in Central Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia - lying east of Ambon Island, off the southern coast of Seram and just west of Saparua. It is administered as a single district, Haruku Island District (''Kecamatan Pulau Haruku''), with a land area of 150 km2 and a population of 24,207 at the 2010 census and 27,390 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 26,551.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101) The inhabitants of Haruku speak the Haruku language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay. There are six Christian (Aboru, Haruku, Hulaliu, Kariu, Oma and Wassu) and five Muslim (Kabauw, Kailolo, Pelauw,Rohomoni and Sameth) villages (''desa'') on the island. The areas (in km2) and 2020 Census populations of each of these, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kecamatan Pulau Haruku Dalam Angk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nusa Laut
Nusa Laut (also called Pulau Nusahulawano or Pulau Emas) is the smallest of the three inhabited island in the Lease Islands group situated east of Ambon Island, in Indonesia's Maluku province. It lies just off the south-western corner of Saparua island, separated from it by a deep channel. The island's coasts are fringed by a drying reef. Nusa Laut covers a land area of 32.5 km2 and had a population of 5,322 at the 2010 Census and 5,780 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 5,437 inhabitants.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101) live in seven villages - Leinitu, Sila, Nalahia and Ameth in the north of the island, and Titawaai, Abubu and Akoon in the south of the island - all sharing the postcode of 97518. They speak the Nusa Laut language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay Ambonese Malay or simply Ambonese is a Malay-based creole language spoken on Ambon Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambonese Malay
Ambonese Malay or simply Ambonese is a Malay-based creole language spoken on Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia. It was first brought by traders from Western Indonesia, then developed when the Dutch Empire colonised the Maluku Islands and was used as a tool by missionaries in Eastern Indonesia. Malay has been taught in schools and churches in Ambon, and because of this it has become a lingua franca in Ambon and its surroundings. Christian speakers use Ambonese Malay as their mother tongue, while Muslims speak it as a second language as they have their own language. Muslims on Ambon Island particularly live in several areas in the city of Ambon, dominant in the Salahutu and Leihitu Peninsulas. While in the Lease Islands, the Christian Ambonese-speaking community is dominant in parts of Haruku, Saparua and Nusa Laut islands. Ambonese Malay has also become lingua franca in Buru, Seram, Geser-Gorom and the south-western Maluku Islands, though with differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paperu
Paperu, Indonesia, is a village on the island of Saparua, which is a part of the Ambon island group in the Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonics, Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West .... Populated places in Maluku (province) Central Maluku Regency Saparua {{Maluku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
