Sanana Island
Sanana or Sula Besi Island (earlier name Xulla Besi [1]) is an island south of Mangole Island, and part of Sula Islands Regency in the North Maluku province of Indonesia. Sanana is also the name of that island's largest settlement, home to the Dutch era fort Benteng De Verwachting.[2][3]
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Southeast Asia |
| Coordinates | 2.2°S 125.91667°E |
| Archipelago | Maluku Islands |
| Area | 532.3 km2 (205.5 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
Indonesia | |
| Largest settlement | Sanana |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 48,892 (2010 Census) |
| Pop. density | 91.85/km2 (237.89/sq mi) |
Districts
The island is divided into six districts within the Sula Islands Regency, which are set out below with their reas and the populations at the 2010 Census.[4]
| Name | English name | Area in km2 | Population Census 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanana Utara | North Sanana | 75.28 | 5,675 |
| Sanana | Sanama town | 83.36 | 25,183 |
| Sula Besi Tengah | Central Sula Besi | 74.73 | 5,929 |
| Sula Besi Timur | East Sula Besi | 82.18 | 3,100 |
| Sula Besi Selatan | South Sula Besi | 88.49 | 4,298 |
| Sula Besi Barat | West Sula Besi | 128.26 | 4,707 |
| Sula Besi Island | (total) | 532.30 | 48,892 |
History
As was common throughout Maluku at that time, Sanana suffered serious religio-ethnic tensions between Muslims and Christians during 1999.[6]
Flora and fauna
Frog Callulops kopsteini, also known as Kopstein's callulops frog, is only known from Sanuna Island.[7]
Gallery
Men and children on the beach (1930–1936)
Fort de Verwachtingh in 1921
References
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- Goodall, George (Editor)(1943) Philips' International Atlas London, George Philip and Son map 'East Indies' pp.91-92
- Lonely Planet; Ryan Ver Berkmoes; Celeste Brash; Muhammad Cohen; Mark Elliott; Guyan Mitra; John Noble; Adam Skolnick; Iain Stewart; Steve Waters (2010). Lonely Planet Indonesia. Lonely Planet Publications. p. 741. ISBN 978-1-74104-830-8.
- Photo of Sanana's fort before 1920
- Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- "Trigana Air Service". Trigana-air.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- "Ambon rioting leaves 100 dead in Indonesia". World Socialist Website. 30 January 1999.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Callulops kopsteini (Mertens, 1930)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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