Maluku

Maluku (English: Moluccas) is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. The main city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon on the small Ambon Island. The province had a population of 1,533,506 at the 2010 Census, and the latest estimate (for January 2014) is 1,708,190.

All the Maluku Islands were part of a single province from 1950 until 1999. In 1999 the northern part of Maluku (then comprising the Maluku Utara Regency, the Halmahera Tengah Regency and the City of Ternate) were split off to form a separate province of North Maluku (Indonesian: Maluku Utara)

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1971 1,089,565 — 1980 1,411,006 +29.5% 1990 1,857,790 +31.7% 1995 2,086,516 +12.3% 2000 1,205,539 −42.2% 2010 1,533,506 +27.2% 2014 1,708,190 +11.4% Source: Badan Pusat Statistik 2010

List of major islands and island groups in Maluku

• Ambon Island
• Aru Islands (Kepulauan Aru)
• Babar Islands
• Banda Islands (Kepulauan Banda)
• Buru
• Damer Island (Kepulauan Damar)
• Kai Islands (Kepulauan Kai)
• Gorong archipelago (Pulau-pulau Gorong)
• Haruku Island
• Lease Islands
• Leti Islands (Kepulauan Leti) includes Leti, Moa and Lakor
• Saparua
• Seram
• Sermata Islands (Kepulauan Sermata)
• Southwestern Islands (Barat Daya Islands) includes Wetar Island, Kisar Island and Romang Island
• Tanimbar Islands (Kepulauan Tanimbar)
• Watubela archipelago (Kepulauan Watubela)
• Wetar