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Maluku

Maluku is a province of Indonesia, comprising, broadly, the southern part of the Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Molucca Islands or Moluccan Islands). Maluku traditionally belongs to Melanesia.

The main city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon on the small Ambon Island. The province has a population of 1,313,022 (2004).

All the Maluku Islands formed a single province of Indonesia from 1950 until 1999. In1999 the Maluku Utara Regency and Halmahera Tengah Regency were split off as a separate province of North Maluku.

Regencies and cities

Buru (Namlea)

Kepulauan Aru (Dobo)

Maluku Tengah (Masohi)

Maluku Tenggara (Tual)

Maluku Tenggara Barat (Saumlaki)

Seram Bagian Barat (Dataran Hunipopu)

Seram Bagian Timur (Dataran Hunimoa)

Ambon

List of major islands and island groups in Maluku

Ambon Island

Aru Islands (Kepulauan Aru)

Babar Island

Barat Daya Islands (includes Wetar Island)

Banda Islands (Kepulauan Banda)

Tanimbar Islands (Kepulauan Tanimbar)