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North Maluku is a province
Provinces of Indonesia

||-||-||}The province is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government, headed by a governor, and has its own legislative body....
 of Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands
Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi , west of New Guinea, and north of Timor....
, which are split between it and the province of Maluku
Maluku (Indonesian province)

Maluku is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, comprising, broadly, the southern part of the Maluku Islands . Maluku traditionally belongs to Melanesia....
. Maluku province used to cover the entire group. The planned provincial capital is Sofifi
Sofifi

Sofifi is a small settlement on the west coast of the island of Halmahera. Since 2007 it has been designated the new capital of the Indonesia provinces of Indonesia of North Maluku and is now in the throes of a massive infrastructure development to cope with this new status....
, on Halmahera
Halmahera

Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia.Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km? and a population in 1995 of 162,728....
, but the current capital and largest population center is the island of Ternate
Ternate

Ternate is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, located off the west coast of the larger island of Halmahera, the center of the powerful former Sultanate of Ternate....
.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, the islands of North Maluku were the original "Spice Islands". At the time, the region was the sole source of cloves.






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North Maluku is a province
Provinces of Indonesia

||-||-||}The province is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government, headed by a governor, and has its own legislative body....
 of Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands
Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi , west of New Guinea, and north of Timor....
, which are split between it and the province of Maluku
Maluku (Indonesian province)

Maluku is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, comprising, broadly, the southern part of the Maluku Islands . Maluku traditionally belongs to Melanesia....
. Maluku province used to cover the entire group. The planned provincial capital is Sofifi
Sofifi

Sofifi is a small settlement on the west coast of the island of Halmahera. Since 2007 it has been designated the new capital of the Indonesia provinces of Indonesia of North Maluku and is now in the throes of a massive infrastructure development to cope with this new status....
, on Halmahera
Halmahera

Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia.Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km? and a population in 1995 of 162,728....
, but the current capital and largest population center is the island of Ternate
Ternate

Ternate is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, located off the west coast of the larger island of Halmahera, the center of the powerful former Sultanate of Ternate....
.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, the islands of North Maluku were the original "Spice Islands". At the time, the region was the sole source of cloves. The Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, and local sultanates including Ternate
Ternate

Ternate is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, located off the west coast of the larger island of Halmahera, the center of the powerful former Sultanate of Ternate....
 and Tidore
Tidore

Tidore is in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, west of the larger island of Halmahera. It is a city, island, and archipelago. In the In the pre-colonial era, the kingdom of Tidore was a major regional political and economic power, and a fierce rival of nearby Ternate, just to the north....
 fought each other for control of the lucrative trade in these spices. Clove
Clove

Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. Cloves are native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world....
 trees have since been transported and replanted all around the world and the demand for clove from the original spice islands has ceased, greatly reducing North Maluku's international importance.

The population of North Maluku is 870,000 (according to the National Socio-Economic Survey, 2004), making it one of the least populous provinces in Indonesia.

Administrative division


Regencies

  • West Halmahera (Jailolo
    Jailolo

    Jailolo is a volcanic complex on a peninsula , west of Halmahera island. It has lava flows on the eastern flank, small caldera at the west and southwest of the mountain, hot springs along the northwest coast of the caldera....
    )
  • Central Halmahera (Soasiu)
  • South Halmahera (Labuha)
  • East Halmahera (Maba
    Maba

    Maba is an ethnic minority in Chad and Sudan. The population of this minority is at several 100,000. Most of them belong to Islam.They speak Maba, a Nilo-Saharan languages....
    )
  • North Halmahera (Tobelo
    Tobelo

    Tobelo is the largest town on the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera. It is the capital of the regency of North Halmahera, part of the province of North Maluku....
    )
  • Sula Islands
    Sula Islands

    The Sula Islands are a group of islands in the Malukus in Indonesia. Its three main islands are Mangole Island, Sanana Island and Taliabu, with smaller islands Lifamatola, Seho....
     (Sanana)


Cities

  • Ternate
    Ternate

    Ternate is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, located off the west coast of the larger island of Halmahera, the center of the powerful former Sultanate of Ternate....
  • Tidore
    Tidore

    Tidore is in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, west of the larger island of Halmahera. It is a city, island, and archipelago. In the In the pre-colonial era, the kingdom of Tidore was a major regional political and economic power, and a fierce rival of nearby Ternate, just to the north....

Former Sultanates

  • Sultanate of Ternate
    Sultanate of Ternate

    Sultanate of Ternate was a powerful Sultanate that controlled in the Molucca Sea region, with Ternate as its capital....
  • Tidore Sultanate
  • Bacan Sultanate
  • Jailolo Sultanate