Maluku (province)

Maluku
Province
Clockwise, from top left : Cityscape of Ambon, Ora beach, Banda Islands, Fort Belgica

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Motto(s): Siwa Lima (Ambonese)
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Location of Maluku in Indonesia
Coordinates: 3°42′18″S 128°10′12″E / 3.70500°S 128.17000°E / -3.70500; 128.17000Coordinates: 3°42′18″S 128°10′12″E / 3.70500°S 128.17000°E / -3.70500; 128.17000
Country  Indonesia
Capital Ambon
Government
 • Governor Said Assagaff (Golkar)
 • Vice Governor Zeth Sahuburua
Area
 • Total 46,914.03 km2 (18,113.61 sq mi)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 1,708,190
 • Density 36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups Significantly mixed ethnicity; Alfuros, Eurasians, Chinese, Bugis people, Butonese people, Javanese, other Indonesians
 • Religion Islam (50.8%), Protestantism (41.6%), Catholicism (6.8%), Hinduism (0.4%), Buddhism (<0.1%), Confucianism (<0.1%), others (0,4%)[2]
 • Languages Indonesian, Ambonese, other languages
Time zone WIT (UTC+9)
Vehicle registration DE
HDI

Increase 0.667 (Medium)

HDI rank 23rd (2014)
Website malukuprov.go.id

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)

Administrative divisions

The province of Maluku is currently divided into nine regencies (kabupaten) and the two cities (kota) of Ambon and Tual, which form the tenth and eleventh regency-level administrative divisions. The regencies and cities, with their administrative capitals, are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and at the latest (2014) Estimates:

RegencyCapitalArea (km²)Population
2010
Census[1]		Population
2014
Estimate		HDI[3]
2014 Estimates
Ambon City (Kota Ambon) 298.61 331,254 368,987 0.790 (High)
Tual City (Kota Tual)
(in the Kei Islands)		 254.39 58,082 64,698 0.649 (Medium)
Aru Islands
(Kepulauan Aru)		 Dobo 8,152.42 84,138 93,722 0.599 (Low)
Buru Regency Namlea 4,932.32 108,445 120,798 0.651 (Medium)
Central Maluku Regency
(Maluku Tengah)		 Masohi 7,953.81 361,698 402,900 0.686 (Medium)
East Seram Regency
(Seram Bagian Timur)		 Bula or
Dataran Hunimoa		 6,429.88 99,065 110,350 0.595 (Low)
South Buru Regency
(Buru Selatan)		 Namrole[4] 3,780.56 53,671 59,785 0.607 (Medium)
Southeast Maluku Regency
(Maluku Tenggara)		 Langgur, in the
Kei Islands		 1,031.81 96,442 107,428 0.627 (Medium)
Southwest Maluku Regency
(Maluku Barat Daya)		 Tiakur, in the
Leti Islands[5]		 4,581.06 70,714 78,769 0.580 (Low)
West Seram Regency
(Seram Bagian Barat)		 Piru or
Dataran Hunipopu		 4,046.35 164,654 183,412 0.623 (Medium)
Western Southeast Maluku Regency
(Maluku Tenggara Barat)		 Saumlaki, in the
Tanimbar Islands		 4,465.79 105,341 117,341 0.598 (Low)

Economy

Currently the economy of Maluku is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fisheries that contribute to about 25.00 percent of the total.[6][7] Government service sector, defence and compulsory Social Security contribute to roughly 21 percent. The business field and retail trade; cars and motorcycles repair & services at 12.59 percent; construction sector contributes 7.41 percent.[6] Maluku's economy in 2014 has shown positive improvement as compared to 2013. The GDP growth rate in 2014 reached 6.70 percent, while in 2013 amounted to 5.26 percent. The highest economic growth is in the field of electricity and gas supply business which grew by 31.11 percent. The business service is another sector that experienced positive growth in 2014.[6] Other economic activities also recorded positive growth, including mining and quarrying (21.47 percent) ; education services business field (9.52 percent); transportation and warehousing business sector (8.77 percent) ; processing industry (8.42 percent); information and communication (7.62 per cent); financial services business (7.61 percent); construction (7.31 percent); real estate (7.10 percent).[6]

List of major islands and island groups in Maluku

Maluku as the south part of the Maluku Islands

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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
Religion in Maluku (2010 census)[8]
religion percent
Islam
 
 49.61%
Protestantism
 
 42.40%
Roman Catholicism
 
 6.76%
Not Asked
 
 0.43%
Others
 
 0.41%
Hinduism
 
 0.37%
Buddhism
 
 0.02%
Confucianism
 
 0.01%
Not Stated
 
 0%

Notable persons

  • Andries Jan Pieters (1916–1952), Dutch collaborator with Nazis who was executed for war crimes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik Provinsi Maluku, HASIL SENSUS PENDUDUK 2010 Agregat Data per Kabupaten/Kota Provinsi Maluku Archived 2011-08-19 at WebCite (in Indonesian) Census results (retrieved 02 February 2011)
  2. ↑ Data Sensus Penduduk 2010 - Badan Pusat Statistik Republik Indonesia <http://sp2010.bps.go.id/index.php/site/tabel?tid=321&wid=8100000000>
  3. ↑ Indeks-Pembangunan-Manusia-2014
  4. ↑ UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 32 TAHUN 2008 TENTANG PEMBENTUKAN KABUPATEN BURU SELATAN DI PROVINSI MALUKU Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. (in Indonesian) (Law of the Indonesian Republic number 32 of the year 2008 on the establishment of Kabupaten Buru Selatan in the Province Maluku)
  5. ↑ UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 31 TAHUN 2008 TENTANG PEMBENTUKAN KABUPATEN MALUKU BARAT DAYA DI PROVINSI MALUKU Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. (in Indonesian) (Law of the Indonesian Republic number 31 of the year 2008 on the establishment of Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya in the Province Maluku)
  6. 1 2 3 4 Anonymous.2015.Maluku In Figures.Indonesia : Statistic Office Maluku Province
  7. ↑ "BPS Provinsi Maluku". Maluku.bps.go.id. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  8. ↑ "Population by Region and Religion in Indonesia". BPS. 2010.
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