Maluku Islands

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The Maluku Islands are an Indonesian archipelago historically known as the Spice Islands, famed for their production of nutmeg, cloves, and other valuable spices that drew intense European colonial interest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
region
capital Ambon
climate tropical
colonialCenter Ambon
Ternate
contains Ambon Island
Aru Islands
Banda Islands
Buru
Kai Islands
Seram
Sula Islands
Ternate
Tidore
country Indonesia
dividedInto Maluku Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maluku Province

North Maluku Province
ethnicGroups Ambon Malay
surface form: Ambonese

Maluku peoples
Maluku peoples
surface form: Ternate people
hasEconomicActivity fishing
forestry
small-scale agriculture
spice cultivation
historicallyContestedBy England
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
historicallyControlledBy Dutch East India Company
Dutch colonial empire
surface form: Dutch Empire

Portuguese Empire
historicalName Banda Islands
surface form: Spice Islands
knownFor biodiversity
clove production
mace production
nutmeg production
seismic activity
spice trade
languagesSpoken Austronesian languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
surface form: Papuan languages
largestIsland Halmahera
locatedIn Banda Sea
Molucca Sea
surface form: Ceram Sea

Molucca Sea
surface form: Halmahera Sea

Malay Archipelago
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
eastern Indonesia
locatedOn Pacific Ring of Fire
majorPort Ambon
Ternate
officialLanguage Indonesian
partOf Indonesian archipelago
Wallacea
religions Christianity
Islam

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Ternate locatedInArchipelago Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku archipelago
Maluku peoples locatedIn Maluku Islands
Maluku peoples locatedIn Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccan Islands
Maluku peoples culturalRegion Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku
Buli language hasLinguisticArea Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Halmahera–New Guinea area
Buli language hasPrimaryOceanRegion Maluku Islands
Sawai language spokenIn Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku region
Sawai language region Maluku Islands
Capitulation of Zaragoza mainSubject Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas
Capitulation of Zaragoza appliesToTerritory Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas archipelago
Tidore locatedIn Maluku Islands
Tidore locatedIn Maluku Islands
subject surface form: Sultanate of Tidore
Banda Islands locatedIn Maluku Islands
Bacan language region Maluku Islands
Paradisaeidae nativeRange Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas
North Maluku Province locatedIn Maluku Islands
North Maluku Province partOf Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku region
Banda Basin region Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku Islands region
Babar Islands locatedIn Maluku Islands
Aru Islands locatedIn Maluku Islands
Babar languages spokenIn Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku
Wallacea contains Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas
Halmahera locatedIn Maluku Islands
Halmahera locatedIn Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku archipelago
Halmahera largestIslandOf Maluku Islands
dusky scrubfowl nativeTo Maluku Islands
Ambon Island locatedIn Maluku Islands
Seram locatedIn Maluku Islands
Seram partOf Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas archipelago
Sula Islands locatedIn Maluku Islands
Sula Islands locatedBetween Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku region
Malesia hasPart Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas
Buru Island locatedIn Maluku Islands
Buru Island partOf Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku archipelago
Haruku locatedIn Maluku Islands
Haruku locatedIn Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas archipelago
Haruku partOf Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku archipelago
Buton Island locatedWestOf Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas Islands
Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command appliesToJurisdiction Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas
Lease Islands partOf Maluku Islands
Kai Islands locatedIn Maluku Islands
Insulindia hasPart Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Moluccas
Tanimbar Islands locatedIn Maluku Islands
Port of Bitung connectsTo Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku Islands region
Wings Air regionServed Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku
Ceram Sea locatedIn Maluku Islands
Ceram Sea region Maluku Islands
this entity surface form: Maluku
Banggai locatedWestOf Maluku Islands