Maluku
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| Province of Maluku Provinsi Maluku | |
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| Motto(s): Siwalima (Ambonese) Belong Together | |
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| Coordinates: 3°42′18″S 128°10′12″E / 3.70500°S 128.17000°E | |
| Capital and largest city | Ambon |
| Government | |
| • Body | Maluku Provincial Government |
| • Governor | Sadali Ie (acting) |
| Area | |
• Total | 57,803.81 km2 (22,318.18 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 15th in Indonesia |
| Highest elevation | 3,027 m (9,931 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,908,753 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
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| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic groups | Significantly mixed ethnicity; Alfur, Ambonese, Chinese, Bugis, Butonese, Javanese, other Indonesians |
| • Religion (2021) | Islam (52.85%) Christianity (46.3%) - Protestant (39.4%) - Catholic (6.9%) Hinduism (0.32%) Buddhism (0.02%) Folk religion (0.55%)[2] |
| • Languages | Indonesian (official), Ambonese Malay (lingua franca), other languages |
| Time zone | UTC+09 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
| ISO 3166 code | ID-MA |
| HDI (2024) |  0.734[3] (25th) – high |
| Website | malukuprov.go.id |
Maluku is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. The largest city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon on the small Ambon Island. It is directly adjacent to North Maluku, Southwest Papua, and West Papua in the north, Central Sulawesi, and Southeast Sulawesi in the west, Banda Sea, Australia, East Timor and East Nusa Tenggara in the south and Arafura Sea, Central Papua and South Papua in the east. The land area is 57803.81 km2, and the total population of this province at the 2010 census was 1,533,506 people,[4] rising to 1,848,923 at the 2020 census,[5] the official estimate as at mid 2023 (actually, the sum of the official mid-year estimates for all the cities and regencies) was 1,908,753.[6] Maluku is located in Eastern Indonesia.
Maluku has two main religions, namely Islam which at the 2020 census was adhered to by 52.85% of the population of the province and Christianity which is embraced by 46.3% (39.4% Protestantism and 7.0% Catholicism).[2]
All the Maluku Islands were part of a single province from 1950 until 1999. In 1999, the northern part of Maluku (then comprising the Maluku Utara Regency, the Halmahera Tengah Regency and the City of Ternate) were split off to form a separate province of North Maluku (Maluku Utara), separated from the remaining (South) Maluku Province by the Seram Sea.
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Provinsi Maluku Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.81)
- ^ a b "Persentase Pemeluk Agama Menurut Kabupaten/Kota di Provinsi Maluku 2019". www.maluku.kemenag.go.id. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ "Indeks Pembangunan Manusia 2024" (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia. 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Provinsi Maluku Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.81)