Aru Islands

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The Aru Islands are a remote archipelago in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, rich biodiversity, and historically important role in regional trade and exploration.

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Aru Islands canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
administrativeStatus regency of Maluku Province
country Indonesia
exploredIn 19th century
hasCapital Dobo
hasEconomicActivity fishing
sago cultivation
small-scale forestry
hasEcosystem coral reefs
mangrove forests
tropical rainforest
hasEthnicGroup Aru people
Maluku peoples
surface form: Maluku Islanders

Papuan peoples
surface form: Papuans
hasFauna birds-of-paradise
cassowaries
marsupials
hasFlora sago palms
tropical hardwoods
hasLanguage Aru languages
Batuley language
Dobel language
Kola language
Mariri language
Ujir language
Wokam language
hasLanguageFamily Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
hasReligion Christianity
Islam
indigenous beliefs
historicallyTradedCommodity bird-of-paradise plumes
pearls
tortoiseshell
historicallyTradedWith Makassar
Spice Islands
surface form: Maluku spice islands

New Guinea
knownFor Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
historical role in regional trade
rich biodiversity
role in exploration history
largestSettlement Dobo
locatedBetween Australia
New Guinea
locatedIn Arafura Sea
Maluku Islands
eastern Indonesia
partOf Maluku province
surface form: Maluku Province

Wallacea
visitedBy Alfred Russel Wallace

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

New Guinea hasNearbyIslandGroup Aru Islands
Maluku Islands contains Aru Islands
Banda Sea adjacentToIsland Aru Islands
Banda Sea hasIslandGroup Aru Islands
southern cassowary nativeTo Aru Islands
birds-of-paradise nativeTo Aru Islands
Papuan peoples primaryRegion Aru Islands
Aru languages region Aru Islands
Paradisaeidae nativeRange Aru Islands
Casuarius nativeTo Aru Islands