Lease Islands

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The Lease Islands are a small archipelago in Indonesia’s Maluku province, known historically for their role in the regional spice trade and their location between Seram and Ambon in eastern Indonesia.

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Lease Islands canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
administrativeDivisionOf Maluku province
surface form: Maluku Province
climate tropical
colonialHistory contested by European colonial powers
contains Haruku Island
Nusa Laut Island
Saparua Island
country Indonesia
countrySubdivision Indonesia
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
ethnoLinguisticRegion Central Maluku Regency
surface form: Central Maluku
governingCountryCapital Jakarta
historicalImportance center of colonial-era spice trade competition
historicalRegion Spice Islands
knownFor clove production (historically)
role in regional spice trade
largestIsland Saparua Island
locatedBetween Ambon Island
Seram
surface form: Seram Island
locatedIn Maluku province
surface form: Maluku Province

eastern Indonesia
locatedInBodyOfWater Banda Sea
nearbyIsland Ambon Island
Seram
surface form: Seram Island
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Wallacea
surface form: Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands biogeographical region

Maluku Islands
provinceCapital Ambon
region eastern Indonesia
surface form: Eastern Indonesia
sea Banda Sea
timeZone Eastern Indonesian Time
surface form: Indonesia Eastern Time

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Banda Sea hasIslandGroup Lease Islands
Haruku partOf Lease Islands