Kasiui
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| Waters | Banda Lake , Seram Lake | |
| Archipelago | Watubela Islands | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 29 ′ S , 131 ° 39 ′ E | |
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| Residents | 5208 (2010) | |
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Kasiui ( Indonesian Pulau Kasiui , also Kesui, Kasui ) is one of the Indonesian Watubela Islands , which belong to the Moluccas .
geography
Kasiui is the largest of the Watubela Islands. There are five villages ( Desa ) on it: Utta ( Utah , Uta , Oeta ) on the north east coast, Tamher Timur ( Temeer Timur ) on the south coast, Tamher Barat ( Temeer Barat ) on the south west coast, Kelangan ( Kalangan ) on the south east coast and Amar Laut ( Amarlaut ) between Kelangan and Utta. The fishing port of Gulir is located on the central west coast and administratively belongs to Tamher Barat.
As part of the sub-district ( Kecamatan ) Wakate , Kasiui belongs to the administrative district ( Kabupaten ) East Seram of Maluku Province .
Around the islands there are coral reefs and seagrass meadows, which are characterized by a high level of biodiversity . There are also mangrove forests, which are distributed in smaller areas on the coast of Kasiui.
population
In 2010 Kasiui had 5,208 inhabitants. The Watubela ( Wesi ) ethnic group on Kasiui speaks the Austronesian language Watubela . The Watubela are predominantly Muslim, 25% are Christians.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Isa Naib Edrus, Wiliam Frederik Leatemia: A Study on Coral Reefs and Coral Fish in Watubela Islands, East Ceram, Moluccas (PDF; 2.6 MB), 1997, accessed on April 19, 2013. (No longer available online .) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 10, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ a b Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on January 26, 2013.
- ^ Map of the Ostseram administrative district
- ↑ Map of the Maluku Province
- ↑ Language map of Indonesia
