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The geology of the Maluku Islands shares much similar history, characteristics, and processes with the neighbouring Nusa Tenggara region. There is a long history of geological study of these regions since Indonesian colonial times ; however, the geological formation and progression are not fully understood, and theories of the island's ...
Moluccans are the Austronesian-speaking and Papuan-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the Maluku Islands (also called the Moluccas), Eastern Indonesia. The region was historically known as the Spice Islands, [4] and today consists of two Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku. As such, "Moluccans" is used as a blanket term for the ...
Maluku has two main religions, namely Islam which at the 2020 census was adhered to by 52.85% of the population of the province and Christianity which is embraced by 46.3% (39.4% Protestantism and 7.0% Catholicism). [2] All the Maluku Islands were part of a single province from 1950 until 1999.
Location of the Banda Islands in the center of the Maluku Islands Map of the Banda Islands. The Banda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Banda) are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 140 km (87 mi) south of Seram Island and about 2,000 km (1,243 mi) east of Java, and constitute an administrative district (kecamatan) within the Central Maluku Regency in the ...
The Kai Islands (also Kei Islands) of Indonesia are a group of islands in the southeastern part of the Maluku Islands, located in the province of Maluku. [1] [2] The Moluccas have been known as the Spice Islands due to regionally specific plants such as nutmeg, mace, and cloves that originally intrigued the European nations of the 16th century. [3]
This is a list of rulers of Maluku from proto-historical times until the present. The four sultanates of Ternate , Tidore , Jailolo and Bacan were considered descendants of a legendary figure called Jafar Sadik and formed a ritual quadripartition.
In a famous revolt on the south Maluku island Saparua, the Dutch fort was taken by the rebel leader Pattimura, a former sergeant in the army of Britain, who had ruled the islands for a short time before returning them to the Dutch in 1816. After reinforcements were sent from the colonial capital Batavia, the insurgents were captured and ...
The islands are administered by the South Halmahera Regency of North Maluku Province. They formerly constituted the Sultanate of Bacan . Bacan ( Dutch : Batjan ), [ 2 ] formerly also known as Bachian [ 3 ] [ 2 ] or Batchian , [ 4 ] is the group's largest island.