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)
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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:
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Economy
Currently the economy of Maluku is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fisheries that contribute to about 25.00 percent of the total. 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. 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. 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).
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
Demographics
Notable persons
- Andries Jan Pieters (1916-1952), Dutch collaborator with Nazis who was executed for war crimes
See also
- Districts of Maluku
- List of islands of Indonesia
- List of Maluku Governors
- Baileo
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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