# North Maluku

> province of Indonesia, northern part of the Maluku Islands

**Wikidata**: [Q5094](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5094)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Maluku)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/north-maluku

## Summary

North Maluku is a province of Indonesia[1][2][3] located in Indonesia[1][4]. It was established on October 4, 1999[3]. Its capital is Sofifi[3]. The province has an area of 32k and a population of 1.4M as of 2024[5].


## References

1. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022
2. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022
3. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025
4. Undang-Undang tentang Pembentukan Propinsi Maluku Utara, Kabupaten Buru, dan Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat. Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 46 of 1999
5. Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri Nomor 6 Tahun 2008 tentang Kode dan Data Wilayah Administrasi Pemerintahan. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 6 of 2008
6. North Maluku Province Administrative Division Data and Code 2015
7. MusicBrainz
8. OpenStreetMap
9. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
10. Czech National Authority Database
11. [Source](https://sulut.bps.go.id/id/statistics-table/2/OTU4IzI=/jumlah-penduduk-menurut-provinsi-di-indonesia.html)
12. [Source](https://sumsel.bps.go.id/id/statistics-table/2/NTg4IzI=/jumlah-penduduk-miskin-menurut-provinsi.html)
13. GeoNames
14. [Source](https://sig.bps.go.id/bridging-kode/)
15. Statistics Indonesia Regulation Number 5 Of 2021
16. [Source](https://www.govdirectory.org/indonesia/)
17. [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/places/inaturalist-places.csv.zip)