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Ambon Island Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south, and three districts (''k ...
, an island in Indonesia **
Ambon, Maluku Ambon (formerly ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of Maluku (province), Maluku. This city is also known as , which means "beautiful" or "pretty" Ambon in the Ambonese language. It covers a lan ...
, a city on Ambon Island, the capital of Maluku province **
Governorate of Ambon Ambon was a governorate of the Dutch East India Company, consisting of Ambon Island and ten neighbouring islands. Steven van der Hagen captured Fort Victoria on 22 February 1605 from the Portuguese in the name of the Dutch East India Company. Unti ...
, a colony of the Dutch East India Company from 1605 to 1796 *
Ambon, Morbihan Ambon (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Ambon are called ''Ambonnais'' in French. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a lis ...
, a commune in Morbihan, France


Other uses

* Ambon (liturgy), the place directly in front of the Holy Doors of an Eastern Orthodox Church * Battle of Ambon, a World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces which occurred on the island in 1942


See also

* Ambo (disambiguation) * Ambon white-eye, a species of bird {{Disambiguation, geo