Panjang
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| Waters | Banda Lake , Seram Lake | |
| Archipelago | Gorom Islands | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 1 ′ S , 131 ° 14 ′ E | |
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| Residents | 1913 (2010) | |
Panjang ( Indonesian Pulau Panjang ) is one of the Indonesian Gorom Islands that belong to the Moluccas .
geography
Panjang is the smallest of the Gorom Islands and is located in the northwest of the archipelago. To the east lies the island of Gorom , to the south the neighboring island of Manawoka . Further south are the Watubela Islands and about 40 km northwest of Seram with a couple of small islands in front of it.
Wisalem is located on Panjang .
The island forms the Desa ( village ) Pulau Panjang with 1,913 inhabitants. As part of the sub-district ( Kecamatan ) Pulau Gorom , Panjang belongs to the administrative district ( Kabupaten ) East Seram (Seram Bagian Timur) of the Maluku Province .
population
The Austronesian language Geser-Gorom is traditionally spoken on Panjang , which is also spoken on the southeastern tip of Seram and the small islands between Seram and the Gorom Islands.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of the Maluku Province
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Language map of Indonesia
