The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas () are an airchipelago within Indonesie. Tectonically thay are locatit on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone.
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Maluku
Moluccas| Geografie |
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| Location | Sooth East Asie |
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| Coordinates | 3°9′S 129°23′E |
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| Tot islands | ~1000 |
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| Major islands | Halmahera, Seram, Buru, Ambon, Ternate, Tidore, Aru Islands, Kai Islands |
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| Aurie | 74,505 km2 (28,767 sq mi) |
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| Heichest elevation | 3,027 m (9,931 ft) |
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| Heichest point | Binaiya |
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| Admeenistration |
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Indonesia |
| Provinces | Maluku, North Maluku |
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| Lairgest settlement | Ambon |
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| Demografics |
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| Population | 1,895,000 (2000) |
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| Ethnic groups | Alfur, Nuaulu, Manusela. Thou oreeginally Melanesian |
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