Southeast Moluccas

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Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara
Region of Southeast Moluccas
location
Basic data
Country Indonesia
province Maluku
Seat Langgur
surface 4676 km²
Residents 102,991 (2008)
density 22 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 ID-MA
politics
Bupati Anderias Rentanubun

Coordinates: 5 ° 39 ′  S , 132 ° 44 ′  E

The southeastern Moluccas ( Maluku Tenggara in Indonesian ) are a government district ( Kabupaten ) in the Indonesian province of Maluku .

102,991 people live in the Southeast Moluccas (2008 census).

geography

The southeastern Moluccas have an area of ​​4,676 km², which is spread over 119 islands. The sea area is 3,180.70 km². The Southeast Moluccas consist of most of the Kei Islands . The rest of the Kei Islands belong to the autonomous city of Tual .

The capital has been Langgur on Kei Kecil since 2011 , which is connected to the old capital Tual by a bridge over a sea strait.

The easternmost island is the elongated Kei Besar ( Nuhu Yuut or Nusteen , Groß-Kei ), which belongs to Maluku Tenggara. The center and northwest form the sub-district ( Kecamatan ) Kei Besar with Nuhuyanan and two other offshore islands. The sub-district Kei Besar Utara Timur is located in the northeast of the island. The Kei Besar Selatan sub-district is in the south. Offshore islands here are Dufin and Nasu Lar .

To the west of Kei Besar, across the Nerong Strait, are the islands of Kei Kecil ( Nuhu Roa or Nusyanat , Klein-Kei ) and Kei Dullah . Kei Dullah, however, belongs to the autonomous city of Tual. The north of the island forms the sub-district Kei Kecil . These include the islands of Kalvik , Watlus , Ana , Daar and Nuhutuwak east of Kei Kecil . To the west of Kei Kecil, part of the sub-district, are the islands of Er , Beor , Ngaf , Haeh , Ohoiwa , Nai , Verkuku , Hoa , Lea , Nura , Amut , Watokmas , Vatilmas , Wear Hu and another island in the northwest of Kei Kecil.

Kei Kecil Barat is the sub-district in the southwest of Kei Kecil. This also includes the islands of Liek ( Lik ), Taroa , Waha , Tangwain , Labulin , Warbal , Manir ( Waha ), Ur ( Uhr ), Utir ( Witir ), Nuhu Taa ( Nuhuta , Nuhutaa ), Far , Nuhuyanko , Tanimbar Kei ( Tanimbarkei , Kai Tenimbar , Tnebar Evav ) and two other small islands off Tanimbar Kei. The Kei Kecil Timur sub-district forms the southeast of Kei Kecil .

Web links

Commons : Southeast Maluku Regency  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Official website of the Southeast Moluccas: Demography
  2. ↑ Map of the infrastructure of the Maluku province (Indonesian).
  3. ↑ Map of the Maluku Province
  4. ^ East Indonesia.info: Kei Islands
  5. ↑ Map of the Southeast Moluccas
  6. ^ Website of the Southeast Moluccas
  7. ↑ Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on March 23, 2013.