Tehoru

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Tehoru
Kecamatan and village
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Tehoru
Location in Seram Island
Coordinates: 3°25′11″S129°33′55″E / 3.41972°S 129.56528°E / -3.41972; 129.56528
Country Indonesia
Province Maluku
Regency Central Maluku
Time zone UTC+8 (WITA)

Tehoru is a village on the south coast of the island of Seram. The office of the camat of the Kecamatan of Tehoru (a subdivision of the Central Maluku Regency) is located here. Tehoru is at the south end of Teluti Bay on the Banda Sea. [1]

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