Lease Islands

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Lease Islands
Ambon and the Lease Islands
Ambon and the Lease Islands
Waters Banda Lake
archipelago Moluccas
Geographical location 3 ° 39 ′  S , 128 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 3 ° 39 ′  S , 128 ° 26 ′  E
Map of Lease Islands
Number of islands 4th
Main island Saparua
Total land area 369 km²
Residents 62.004 (2010)

The Lease Islands [ le.a.se ] ( Indonesian Kabupaten Lease ), formerly called Uliasers , are an Indonesian group of islands in the Banda Sea .

They are located in the center of the Moluccas , 6 km south of Seram Island and 6 km east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku . About 170 km to the southeast are the Banda Islands .

The Lease Islands include the three inhabited islands of Haruku , Saparua and Nusa Laut as well as the uninhabited island of Molana . In 2010 the islands had a total of 62,004 inhabitants.

Individual evidence

  1. Population of Indonesia by Village 2010 ( Memento from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.9 MB) by Banda Pusat Statistics