Bengoi | |
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Village | |
  Bengoi Location in Seram Island | |
| Coordinates: 3°0′24″S130°10′31″E / 3.00667°S 130.17528°E Coordinates: 3°0′24″S130°10′31″E / 3.00667°S 130.17528°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Maluku |
| Regency | East Seram |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (WITA) |
Bengoi is a village on the northeastern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram. [1] The Bengoi language is spoken by some 350 people in Bengoi and surrounding areas. [2]
The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas are an archipelago in eastern Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located east of Sulawesi, west of New Guinea, and north and east of Timor.
Seram is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historical importance. It is located just north of the smaller Ambon Island and a few other surrounding islands, such as Haruku, Geser, Nusalaut, Banda and Saparua.
The Nuaulu, Naulu or Nunuhai are a tribe located in Seram, Maluku, Indonesia.
The Seram Sea or Ceram Sea is one of several small seas between the scattered islands of Indonesia. It is a section of the Pacific Ocean with an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometers located between Buru and Seram, which are two of the islands once called the South Moluccas. These islands are the native habitat of plants long coveted for their use as spices, such as nutmeg, cloves, and black peppercorns, and the seas surrounding them were busy shipping routes. The Seram Sea is also the habitat of several species of tropical goby and many other fish. Like many other small Indonesian seas, the Seram Sea is rocky and very tectonically active.
Manusela National Park is located on Seram island, in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia. It is made up of coastal forest, swamp forest, lowland and montane rainforest ecosystem types. Mount Binaiya at 3,027 meters, is the highest of the park's six mountains. Seram is remarkable for its high degree of localised bird endemism. The park also includes important karst landscapes. On Mount Hatu Saka, near the coast of Saleman-Sawai, it is the Goa Hatusaka, currently the deepest cave of the whole Indonesia.
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Haruku is an Austronesian spoken on Haruku Island, just east of Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain around Seram Island.
Luhu is an Austronesian spoken in the west of Seram Island in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in Luhu village on Hoamoal Peninsula at the western end of Seram, and in Boano and Kelang islands, off the western tip of Seram Island.
Manipa is an Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia. It is primarily spoken in the island of Manipa, which is located between Buru island and Seram island in the province of Maluku.
Boano is an Austronesian spoken in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in Boano island, off the western end of Seram Island.
Manipa Island is an island in West Seram Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia. It is located 8 km off the western coast of Kelang at the western end of Seram Island and 25 km off the western coast of Buru. The inhabitants speak the Manipa language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay.
Masiwang River is a river of eastern Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.
Sapalewa River, also Sapolewa, is a river of Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.
Bula is a small town and kecamatan on the northeastern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram. It is the capital of the East Seram Regency. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 24,037 people, but it has subsequently been split into three separate districts, with the reduced Bula district having a population of 15,812 at 2014. In the vicinity are the Bula Fields, with notable oil reserves, which were established in 1919. A number of people in the district speak the Masiwang language.
Taniwel is a village and kecamatan on the northwestern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram.
Piru is a small town and capital of the West Seram Regency on the southwestern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram. On 21–22 August 1999 there was violent conflict in the area and other settlements such as Ariate, Loki, Laala and Wailissa, which resulted in 12 deaths in total on the island.
Kairatu is a small town and kecamatan on the southwestern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 54,866 people, but the district has subsequently been split and the reduced area had 23,823 inhabitants in 2013.
Amahai is a village on the south coast of the Indonesian island of Seram, to the south of Masohi. Daily speedboats connect Tulehu (Ambon) with Amahai, Seram's main port.
Atiahu is a village on the southeastern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram, just to the north of Bemu. Situated at the mouth of a river on Teluti Bay, Atiahu is a fishing village. The Bobot language is spoken in the vicinity.
Bemu, also Bemo Perak, is a small town on the southeastern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram, just to the south of Atiahu. It is one of the principal settlements on Teluti Bay.
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