Teor (island)
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| Waters | Banda Lake , Seram Lake | |
| Archipelago | Watubela Islands | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 44 ′ S , 131 ° 44 ′ E | |
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| Residents | 2556 (2010) | |
| main place | Wirmaf | |
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Teor ( Indonesian Pulau Teor , also Tioor ) is one of the Indonesian Watubela Islands that belong to the Moluccas .
geography
Tioor is the second largest of the Watubela Islands. Administratively, it forms its own desa , which also includes the smaller neighboring islands of Baam and Uran . The main town is Wirmaf on the east coast. There are also the hamlets Rumahlusi on the north coast and Ralatlumoi on the west coast.
As part of the sub-district ( Kecamatan ) Wakate , Teor belongs to the administrative district ( Kabupaten ) Seram Bagian Timur of Maluku Province .
The coral reefs around the island and the seagrass meadows off Wirmaf are ecologically interesting. They are characterized by a high level of biodiversity .
population
Teor has 2556 inhabitants (2010). The Austronesian language Teor is spoken on Teor . It is more closely related to Kur from the island of the same name to the south than to Watubela , which is traditionally spoken in the archipelago.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Isa Naib Edrus, Wiliam Frederik Leatemia: A Study on Coral Reefs and Coral Fish in Watubela Islands, East Ceram, Moluccas (PDF; 2.6 MB), 1997, accessed on April 19, 2013 (PDF) (not more available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 10, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ a b c Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on January 26, 2013
- ^ Map of the Seram Bagian Timur administrative district
- ↑ Map of the Maluku Province
- ↑ Language map of Indonesia
- ^ Ethnologue: Teor cure
