Babar Islands

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The Babar Islands are a remote group of islands in Indonesia’s Maluku province, known for their Austronesian-speaking communities and relatively isolated, traditional way of life.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Babar Islands canonical 3
Babar Island 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
administrativeDivisionOf Maluku province
surface form: Maluku Province
borderedBy Banda Sea
country Indonesia
hasBiodiversity tropical marine biodiversity
hasCharacteristic relatively isolated
remote
traditional way of life
hasClimate monsoonal rainfall pattern
tropical climate
hasCulturalTrait clan-based social organization
customary law (adat)
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale animal husbandry
subsistence agriculture
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Austronesian-speaking communities
hasFeature coral reefs
fringing reefs
hilly interior
uplifted limestone terraces
hasIsland Babar Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Babar Island

Dai Island
Dawelor Island NERFINISHED
Dawera Island NERFINISHED
Lakuwahi Island NERFINISHED
Masela Island
Sermatang Island NERFINISHED
Wetan Island NERFINISHED
hasLandUse coconut cultivation
mixed food crops
sago cultivation
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasLargestIsland Babar Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Babar Island
hasMarineEnvironment Banda Sea
surface form: Banda Sea region
hasReligion Christianity
Islam
indigenous beliefs
hasSettlementPattern small coastal villages
hasTransport inter-island boat connections
limited air access
locatedIn Maluku Islands
Maluku province
surface form: Maluku Province

Southeast Asia
eastern Indonesia
partOf Lesser Sunda Islands
Indonesia
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
timeZone UTC+9

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

Timor–Babar languages spokenIn Babar Islands
Babar Islands hasLargestIsland Babar Islands self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Babar Island
Babar Islands hasIsland Babar Islands self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Babar Island
Babar languages spokenIn Babar Islands