This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(September 2021) |
Regent of Tidore (left) and Sultan Ahmad Fathuddin II (1867) Kapita dance | |
Total population | |
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53,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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Languages | |
Tidore | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Ternate, Moluccan |
The Tidore are a major moluccans ethnic group living in North Maluku province of Indonesia. They primarily live in Tidore island and also in some parts of Halmahera. They speak a Papuan language called Tidore. [1] The Tidore people are predominantly Sunni Muslim and famous as the founders of the Tidore Sultanate, a major Moluccan Muslim state. [2]