Banda Besar, Neira, Banda Api, Pulau Hatta, Pulau Ay, Pulau Rhun
Area
172 km2 (66 sq mi)
Highest elevation
641 m (2103 ft)[1]
Highest point
Gunung Api
Administration
Indonesia
Province
Maluku
Demographics
Population
21,902 (mid 2023)
Pop. density
127.3/km2 (329.7/sq mi)
Location of the Banda Islands in the center of the Maluku IslandsMap of the Banda Islands
The Banda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Banda) are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 140 km (87 mi) south of Seram Island and about 2,000 km (1,243 mi) east of Java, and constitute an administrative district (kecamatan) within the Central Maluku Regency in the Indonesian province of Maluku. The islands rise out of 4-to-6-kilometre (2.5 to 3.7 mi) deep ocean and have a total land area of approximately 172 square kilometres (66 sq mi). They had a population of 18,544 at the 2010 Census[2] and 20,924 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 21,902.[4] Until the mid-19th century the Banda Islands were the world's only source of the spices nutmeg and mace, produced from the nutmeg tree. The islands are also popular destinations for scuba diving and snorkeling. The main town and administrative centre is Banda Neira, located on the island of the same name.
^"G. Banda Api". Badan Geologi. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
The BandaIslands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Banda) are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 140 km (87 mi) south of Seram...
The Banda Sea (Indonesian: Laut Banda, Portuguese: Mar de Banda, Tetum: Tasi Banda) is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia,...
Moors". Afonso de Albuquerque learned of the route to the BandaIslands and other 'Spice Islands', and sent an exploratory expedition of three vessels under...
conquest of the BandaIslands was a process of military conquest from 1609 to 1621 by the Dutch East India Company of the BandaIslands. The Dutch, having...
Banda Neira (also known as Pulau Neira) is an island in the BandaIslands, Indonesia. It is administered as part of the administrative BandaIslands District...
The BandaIslands were a governorate of the Dutch East India Company. The governorate comprised Banda Neira, Banda Besar, Pulau Ai, Run, Banda Api, and...
residues from the island of Pulau Ai, one of the BandaIslands in eastern Indonesia. The BandaIslands consist of eleven small volcanic islands, and are part...
Look up Banda or banda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Banda may refer to: Banda (surname) Banda Prakash (born 1954), Indian politician Banda Kanakalingeshwara...
India Company of the BandaIslands. The Dutch, having enforced a monopoly on the highly lucrative nutmeg production from the islands, were impatient with...
force would capture the more heavily defended islands of Banda Neira, following which any other island that was defended. In a campaign that lasted seven...
The BandaIsland dtella (Gehyra barea) is a species of gecko in the genus Gehyra, native to the BandaIslands. Oliver, P., Stubbs, A. & Tallowin, O. (2021)...
Banda Api (Indonesian api, fire) is an island in the BandaIslands, Indonesia. It is administered as part of the administrative district (kecamatan) within...
conquests. One example is the Dutch conquest of the BandaIslands, between 1609 and 1621, after the islands resisted the nutmeg monopoly. The Dutch launched...
the Dutch conquest of the BandaIslands, Coen depopulated the islands to such a degree he massacred about 14,400 people in Banda, about 800 of whom were...
Fort Belgica is a 17th-century fort in Banda Neira, BandaIslands, Maluku Islands (the Moluccas), Indonesia; administratively in Central Maluku Regency...
Bandanaira Airport (also known as Banda Neira Airport) (IATA: NDA, ICAO: WAPC) is the airport on Banda Neira in the BandaIslands of Maluku, Indonesia and one...
The Aru Islands Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also...
Ambon Island lies off the southwest coast of the much larger Seram island. It is on the north side of the Banda Sea, part of a chain of volcanic islands that...
village of Lonthoir on the same island), is the largest of the BandaIslands in Indonesia. It is administered as part of Banda District, Central Maluku Regency...
Mercalli intensity scale in the Maluku Islands. A tsunami measuring up to 8 m (26 ft) slammed into the islands of Banda Neira, Saparua, Haruku and Ceram. The...
The Banda Arc (main arc, Inner, and Outer) is a dual chain of islands in eastern Indonesia that is around 2,300 km long. It is the result of the collision...
the Banda Sea, south of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea, west of the Aru Islands, and northeast of the Tanimbar Islands. The Kai islands are made...
eastern islands of Indonesia (Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands (excluding Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa and Sangeang), Halmahera, the BandaIslands and the...
off in the volcanic BandaIslands, which along with the Kai Islands and the Tanimbar Islands and other small islands in the Banda Sea are typical examples...
Aruba and Sint Maarten (the 'CAS' islands) and the special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BES islands). The term "Dutch Caribbean" is...
2010) was an Indonesian historian, diplomat, writer and advocate of the BandaIslands. He was the adopted son of Mohammad Hatta, the first Vice President...
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