Adonara
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| Waters | Banda Lake | |
| Archipelago | Solor Archipelago , Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 15 ′ S , 123 ° 9 ′ E | |
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| surface | 497 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 1659 m | |
Adonara ( Bahasa Indonesia : Pulau Adonara , outdated Adenara , also Dnara, Lamala, Crama, Sebrão ) is an Indonesian island in the Solor Archipelago . It is east of Flores , north of Solor and west of Lomblen . In the north lies the Banda Sea . At 1,659 meters, Adonara is the highest island in the archipelago and has an area of 497 km².
administration
Adonara belongs to the Kerajaan Adonara of the government district ( Kabupaten ) Ostflores in the province of East Nusa Tenggara .
history
In the 16th century, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the region and, among other things, claimed Adonara as their territory. At the time, the island was sparsely populated, with only seven or eight villages. In 1599 two churches were built on Adonara. In the 16th century, all but a Christian village were inhabited by animists. The Christian village, however, switched to Islam in the 17th century. A local kingdom had existed on the island since 1650. In 1851, the Portuguese governor of the Lesser Sunda Islands, José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, sold the island along with other areas to the Netherlands . This was officially confirmed in the Treaty of Lisbon in 1859 .
Culture
A language with the same name is spoken in Adonara. Adonara is one of the Malayo-Polynesian languages . The population belongs to the Muslim and Christian dormers.
geology
The Ili Boleng volcano on Adonara is active.
literature
- Paul Arndt: Social conditions on East Flores, Adonare and Solor . Verlag der Aschendorffschen Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1940
- RH Barnes: An outbreak of violence in eastern Adonara, Indonesia, in 1934. In: Indonesia and the Malay World , Volume 33, Issue 95, 2005, pp. 7-17
- Karolus Kopong Medan, RH Barnes: Murder Ritual on Adonara, Indonesia. A cultural analysis. In: Anthropos, Volume 97, Issue 2, 2002, pp. 487-494
- Ernst Vatter: Ata Kiwan. Unknown hill tribe in tropical Holland. A travel report. Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1932
Web links
- The birds of Adonara, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia ( Memento from June 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 119 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ KA Monk, Y. Fretes, G. Reksodiharjo-Lilley: The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku, Periplus Editions Ltd., Hong Kong 1996, ISBN 962-593-076-0
- ↑ History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 824 kB) - Technical University of Lisbon
- ^ Ethnologue - Adonara
