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), which are culturally and geographically associated with Melanesia.[citation needed]

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. In 1999 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)
• Buru
• Kei Islands
• Leti Islands
• Makian
• Saparua
• Seram
• Tanimbar Islands (Kepulauan Tanimbar)

Source : Wikipedia