Tanimbar Islands - Citizendia

The Tanimbar Islands, also called Timor Laut, are a group of about 30 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands, the Spice Islands or simply Maluku) are an Archipelago ||-||-||}The Province ( Indonesian: provinsi or propinsi) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia.

Geography

The Aru Islands and Kai Islands lie to the northeast, and Babar Island and Timor lie to the west. The Aru Islands (also Aroe Islands or Kepulauan Aru are a group of about ninety-five low-lying Islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia The Kai Islands (also Kei Islands) of Indonesia are in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands, in Maluku province. The Babar Islands (literally translated from the official Indonesian term Pulau-pulau Babar) are located in Maluku Province, Indonesia between Timor is an Island at the south end of the Malay Archipelago, north of the Timor Sea. The islands separate the Banda Sea and the Arafura Sea. The Banda Sea is the Sea of the South Moluccas in Indonesia, technically part of the Pacific Ocean but separated from it by hundreds of islands The Arafura Sea is west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the Continental shelf between Australia and New Guinea. The total land area of the Islands is 5440 km² (2100 sq mi).

The largest of the group is Yamdena. Yamdena (also spelt Jamdena during the Dutch period is the largest of the Tanimbar Islands in Maluku Province of Indonesia. Yamdena Island has a range of thickly forested hills along its eastern coast, while its western coast is lower. Saumlaki is the chief town, located on the south end of Yamdena. Other islands include Larat, Selaru, and Wuliaru. Selaru is an island in Indonesia in the Tanimbar Islands group

The population is approximately 61,000, of whom 44,000 are Christian, and 17,000 Muslim and unknown. [1]

The tiny island of Tanimbarkei is part not part of Tanimbar, but of the Kai Islands and inhabited by less than 1000 very traditional people. The Kai Islands (also Kei Islands) of Indonesia are in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands, in Maluku province.

Economy

Important products are copra, tortoiseshell, and trepang (an edible sea cucumber). Copra is the dried meat or kernel of the Coconut. The name copra is derived from the Malayalam word kopra for dried coconut The sea cucumber (also known as trepang, bêche-de-mer, or ambiguously Sea slug) is an Echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea

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