Ternate

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Ternate is a small volcanic island and city in eastern Indonesia that was historically a major center of the global spice trade, especially for cloves.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ternate canonical 10
City of Ternate 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
former sultanate capital
island
volcanic island
capitalOf North Maluku Province
surface form: North Maluku (until 2010)
climate tropical rainforest climate
colonialPower Netherlands
Portugal
country Indonesia
economicActivity clove cultivation
fishing
tourism
hasAirport Sultan Babullah Airport
hasFeature Mount Gamalama
active stratovolcano
hasGovernmentType city government
hasHistoricalEvent site of Dutch East India Company activities
site of Portuguese trading post
Magellan–Elcano expedition
surface form: visited by Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition
hasNearbyIsland Halmahera
Hiri
Mare
Moti
Tidore
hasPort Port of Ternate
highestPoint Mount Gamalama
historicalRole major center of the global spice trade
major clove-producing center
knownFor clove production
spice trade
volcanic activity
languageUsed Indonesian
localLanguage Ternate language
locatedIn Maluku Islands
Maluku Islands
surface form: Moluccas

North Maluku Province
surface form: North Maluku

Pacific Ring of Fire
eastern Indonesia
locatedInArchipelago Maluku Islands
surface form: Maluku archipelago
locatedOn Gamalama volcano
namedAfter Sultanate of Ternate
partOf North Maluku Province
Spice Islands
religionMajority Islam
surroundedBy Halmahera Sea
Molucca Sea
timeZone Eastern Indonesian Time
surface form: Eastern Indonesia Time
UTCOffset +9
wasCapitalOf Sultanate of Ternate

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maluku Islands contains Ternate
Maluku Islands majorPort Ternate
Central Indonesia hasPart Ternate
Ternate language historicalCenter Ternate
this entity surface form: City of Ternate
Tidore locatedSouthOf Ternate