Saparua is in the center of the map, just south of Seram.
Geography
Location
South East Asia
Archipelago
Maluku Islands
Area
168.1 km2 (64.9 sq mi)
Highest elevation
360 m (1180 ft)
Highest point
Takuku
Administration
Indonesia
Province
Maluku
Regency
Central Maluku
Demographics
Population
34,460 (mid 2023 estimate)
Pop. density
205.0/km2 (530.9/sq mi)
Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The small island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side and Nusa Laut off its southeastern tip.[1]
Saparua was administered as a single eponymous district (kecamatan) of Central Maluku Regency (Kabupaten Maluku Tengah), but in 2012 an additional district of East Saparua was formed from the eastern peninsula of the original district. Kota Saparua (Saparua town) is the administrative centre of the residual (western) district, while Tuhaha is the administrative centre of the new district.
The island (including Maolana island) covers a land area of 168.1 km2, and had a population of 32,312 as of the 2010 census[2] and 36,022 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 34,480.[4] The inhabitants of Saparua speak the Saparua language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay.[5]
Saparua was the location of Indonesian national hero, Pattimura's rebellion against Dutch forces in 1817. It was also the birthplace of G.A. Siwabessy, a prominent politician who was Indonesia's Minister of Health during the 1960s and 1970s.
^Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute. ProStar Publications. 2004. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-57785-569-9.
^Indonesia - Maluku Census
^Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
^Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)
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