Liran
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| Waters | Banda Lake | |
| Archipelago | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 1 ′ S , 125 ° 44 ′ E | |
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| length | 10.3 km | |
| width | 4 km | |
| surface | 23.91 km² | |
| Residents | 972 (2010) 41 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Ustutun | |
The Indonesian island of Liran ( Lirang , Indon .: Pulau Liran ) belongs to the Barat Daya Islands ( Southwest Islands ).
geography
Geographically, Liran is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands , but politically it belongs to the Maluku Province . Here Liran is part of the Kecamatan (district) Westwetar (Wetar Barat), administrative district ( Kabupaten ) Southwest Moluccas . Liran is located 2.9 km southwest of the coast of Wetar , separated from it by the Lirang Strait ( Selat Lirang ). 13 km to the south-west is the East Timorese island of Atauro , to the west the island of Alor . Liran has an area of 23.91 km².
Residents
The Malayo-Polynesian language Wetar and the Papuan language Fataluku are spoken on Liran .
Individual evidence
- ^ PNAS Islands Database
- ↑ Andrew McWilliam: Austronesians in linguistic disguise: Fataluku cultural fusion in East Timor ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 171 kB)
