Saparua
Saparua | ||
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Saparua to the east of the map | ||
Waters | Banda Lake | |
Archipelago | Lease Islands | |
Geographical location | 3 ° 34 ′ S , 128 ° 39 ′ E | |
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length | 22 km | |
width | 16 km | |
surface | 161 km² | |
Highest elevation | 331 m | |
Residents | 32,475 (2010) 202 inhabitants / km² |
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main place | Saparua city |
Saparua ( Indonesian Pulau Saparua ) is a 161 km² Indonesian island in the southwest of Seram in the province of Maluku and is one of the Lease Islands .
Together with the island of Molana, Saparua forms a district ( Kecamatan ) of the government district ( Kabupaten ) of the Central Moluccas .
The island of Haruku is neighboring in the west and Nusa Laut in the east . The capital is Saparua City on the south coast in Saparua Bay .
The basis of life is the harvest of nutmegs and cloves , as well as the use of the sago palms for the production of palm sago .
Web links
Commons : Saparua - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of Indonesia by Village 2010 ( Memento from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.9 MB) by Banda Pusat Statistics
- ↑ see research on various numerical values for the lease islands