Maluku
province of Indonesia, central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands
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Maluku is a province of Indonesia[1][2][3][4] located in Indonesia[1][3][5]. Its capital is Ambon[4]. As of 2024, the province had a population of 1.9 million[6] and an area of 47,000 square kilometers.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Indonesia[3]
- Country: Indonesia[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Seram Sea[5], Banda Sea[6]
- Head of government: Murad Ismail[7]
- Instance of: cultural region[8]
- Capital: Ambon[9]
- Shares border with: North Maluku[10], West Papua[11], East Nusa Tenggara[12], Timor-Leste[13], Southwest Papua[14], Central Sulawesi[15], Southeast Sulawesi[16], Central Papua[17]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Aru Islands Regency[18], Buru[19], Eastern Seram[20], South Buru[21], Southeast Maluku[22], Southwest Maluku[23], Western Seram[24], Tanimbar Islands[25], Central Maluku[26], Ambon[27], Tual[28]
- Legislative body: Maluku Regional House of Representatives[29]
- Executive body: Government of Maluku[30]
- Highest judicial authority: Ambon High Court[31]
- Coat of arms: Lambang Maluku[32]
- Postal code: 97114–97669[33]
- Commons category: Maluku[34]
- Licence plate code: DE[35]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[36]
- Inception: June 17, 1958[37]
- Located in/on physical feature: Maluku Islands[38]
- Significant event: boundary change[39]
- Official website: https://www.malukuprov.go.id/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Maluku (province)[41]
- Human Development Index: 0.7157[42]
- Population: 1,881,727[43], 1,945,600[44]
- Unemployment rate: 6.11 percent[45]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Maluku[46]
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Physical Characteristics
Maluku covers an area of 46914.03 km²[47]. Maluku sits at an elevation of 3027 m[48].
Why It Matters
Maluku has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Maluku is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]