Buru
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Buru is a large, sparsely populated island in Indonesia’s Maluku archipelago, known for its rugged terrain, biodiversity, and history as a former political prison site during the Suharto era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buru canonical | 8 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| area | approximately 9500 square kilometres ⓘ |
| capital | Namlea ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| colonialHistory | formerly part of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
clove cultivation
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ forestry ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ sago cultivation ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| endemicSpecies |
Buru babirusa
ⓘ
Buru bush warbler ⓘ Buru cuckooshrike ⓘ Buru honeyeater ⓘ
surface form:
Buru friarbird
Buru green pigeon ⓘ Buru honeyeater ⓘ Buru green pigeon ⓘ
surface form:
Buru mountain pigeon
Buru racket-tail ⓘ Buru white-eye ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Buru people
ⓘ
Kayeli people ⓘ Lisela people ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeDivision |
Buru Regency
ⓘ
Buru Regency ⓘ
surface form:
South Buru Regency
|
| hasEcosystem |
mangrove forest
ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Waeapo River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasValley | Waeapo Valley ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Kapalatmada ⓘ |
| knownFor |
endemic species
ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Buru languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Buru language
Indonesian language ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | Namlea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maluku Islands
ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Maluku archipelago
|
| locatedInAdministrative |
Maluku province
ⓘ
surface form:
Maluku Province
|
| locatedInBodyOfWater |
Banda Sea
ⓘ
Seram Sea ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| notableEvent | detention of political prisoners after 1965 coup attempt in Indonesia ⓘ |
| partOf | Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ |
| politicalPrisonPeriod |
Soeharto
ⓘ
surface form:
Suharto era
|
| population | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| region |
eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Indonesia
|
| terrain | rugged ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Indonesia Time ⓘ |
| usedAs | political prison island ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +9 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.