The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians,[1] are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous and forested, lying south of Ternate and southwest of Halmahera. The islands are administered by the South Halmahera Regency of North Maluku Province. They formerly constituted the Sultanate of Bacan.
Bacan (Dutch: Batjan),[2] formerly also known as Bachian[3][2] or Batchian,[4] is the group's largest island. The second and third-largest islands are Kasiruta and Mandioli.[3] Bacan Island in 2020 included about 82,387 people, of which about 10,000 live in the capital Labuha; it is subdivided into seven districts. Kasiruta and Mandioli each have over 11,000 inhabitants, and each is subdivided into two districts. A fourth island, Bacan Lomang, forms a twelfth district within the group. There are dozens of smaller islands in the group, which had a total population of 84,075 at the 2010 Census,[5] but by the 2020 Census had risen to 111,517.[6] The official estimate as at mid 2022 was 115,612.[7]
^"Bacan | island, Indonesia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
^ abEB (1911), p. 132.
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^Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Index, p. 39. 1889.
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The BacanIslands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous...
The Sultanate of Bacan (كسلطانن باچن) was a state in Maluku Islands, present-day Indonesia that arose with the expansion of the spice trade in late medieval...
Bacan Malay or Bacan is a Malayic language spoken on the island of Bacan in North Maluku province, Indonesia, by the minor Bacan ethnic group. It is an...
BacanIsland. Besides the southern part of Halmahera Island, the regency includes a number of archipelagoes and islands. These comprise: Obi Islands,...
The islands have a tropical rainforest climate (Af). The rainforests of Halmahera, Morotai, the Obi Islands, the Bacanislands and other islands of North...
Stegonotus batjanensis, the BacanIsland ground snake or Batjan frog-eating snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in...
the north and east. The major islands closest to it are BacanIsland to the north and Ambon to the south. Obi Island's topography is generally in the...
The Bacan myzomela (Myzomela batjanensis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs on the Bacan Islands...
the pigeon family, Columbidae. It is found in the BacanIslands, New Guinea, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago, where it inhabits...
Darantasia mesosema is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the BacanIslands. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G...
Hampson in 1897. It is found in the BacanIslands of Indonesia and on the Shortland Islands of the Solomon Islands. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ...
century, Tidore and the BacanIslands also chose rulers of their own. The four kings eventually held a meeting on Moti Island in the 1320s where they...
to the west; Bastion Boeton (after Buton Island) to the northwest; Bastion Batjang (after the BacanIslands) to the southwest; Bastion Mandassar to the...
Eurosia puncticosta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the BacanIslands. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G...
Erebidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1917. It is found on the BacanIslands of Indonesia. Dubatolov, V. V. (November 1, 2012). "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera...
inhabiting the western coast of Halmahera, Hiri, Obi, Kayoa, and the BacanIslands. Historically, Ternate served as the primary language of the Sultanate...
This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than 2,500 km2 (970 sq mi) and most of the islands over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), sorted...
Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1897. It is found in the BacanIslands of Indonesia. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global...
1913. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from the BacanIslands. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G...
fruit. Fishing is a big industry across the islands but particularly around Halmahera and Bacan. The Aru Islands produce pearls, and Seram exports lobsters...
"Stedelijk Gymnasium Johan van Oldenbarnevelt". The Dutch fort on the BacanIslands in the Moluccas in the 1600s was named for him. Furthermore, several...
the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. It is found in Morotai, Halmahera and BacanIslands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
expansionist ambitions. Ternate conquered neighbouring islands like the Sula Islands and Seram Island over the course of the 1400s.:6 In the midst of this...
the island of New Guinea), Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals around the four main islands of...
described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found on Sulawesi and the BacanIslands in Indonesia. Savela, Markku. "Asura vivida (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera...
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