Saparua

Island in Maluku, Indonesia

Saparua

Location of Saparua

Saparua is in the center of the map, just south of Seram.

Geography
Location| South East Asia
Archipelago| Maluku Islands
Area| 168.1 km2 (64.9 sq mi)
Highest elevation| 360 m (1180 ft)
Highest point| Takuku
Administration

Indonesia

Province| Maluku
Regency| Central Maluku
Demographics
Population| 34,460 (mid 2023 estimate)
Pop. density| 205.0/km2 (530.9/sq mi)

Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The small and uninhabited island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side and Nusa Laut off its southeastern tip.[1]

Saparua was administered as a single eponymous district (kecamatan) of Central Maluku Regency (Kabupaten Maluku Tengah), but in 2012 an additional district of East Saparua was formed from the eastern peninsula of the original district. Kota Saparua (Saparua town) is the administrative centre of the residual (western) district, while Tuhaha is the administrative centre of the new district.

The island (including Maolana island) covers a land area of 168.1 km2, and had a population of 32,312 as of the 2010 census[2] and 36,022 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 34,480.[4] The inhabitants of Saparua speak the Saparua language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay.[5]

Saparua was the location of Indonesian national hero, Pattimura's rebellion against Dutch forces in 1817. It was also the birthplace of Gerrit Augustinus Siwabessy, a prominent politician who was Indonesia's Minister of Health during the 1960s and 1970s.

## Villages on Saparua

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There are 17 administrative villages, listed below with their populations at the 2020 Census;[6] ten comprise the new district of East Saparua, while seven remain with the residual Saparua District in the west of the island. The areas (in km2) and 2020 Census populations[7] of each of these, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023,[8][9] are as follows:

Kode
Wilayah | Name

desa | Area

km2 | Pop'n
Census
2020 | Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023

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81.01.12.2001 | Booi | 8.20 | 927 | 891
81.01.12.2002 | Paperu | 9.10 | 1,412 | 1,286
81.01.12.2003 | Tiouw | 7.90 | 1,484 | 1,359
81.01.12.2004 | Haria | 16.70 | 7,461 | 7,302
81.01.12.2005 | Porto | 23.50 | 2,808 | 2,670
81.01.12.2006 | Kulur | 6.50 | 1,112 | 1,085
81.01.12.2012 | Saparua (village) | 8.00 | 3,198 | 2,955
81.01.12 | Totals Saparua District | 79.90 | 18,402 | 17,548
81.01.26.2001 | Ouw | 9.50 | 1,680 | 1,549
81.01.26.2002 | Ullath | 6.80 | 1,591 | 1,534
81.01.26.2003 | Siri-sori (Amapatti) | 8.20 | 2,002 | 1,988
81.01.26.2004 | Siri-sori Amalatu | 18.00 | 2,251 | 2,170
81.01.26.2005 | Mahu | 6.55 | 718 | 698
81.01.26.2006 | Tuhaha | 13.30 | 2,379 | 2,339
81.01.26.2007 | Ihamahu | 12.10 | 1,509 | 1,503
81.01.26.2008 | Iha | 0.75 | 391 | 391
81.01.26.2009 | Nolloth(-Titasomi) | 11.20 | 3,038 | 2,858
81.01.26.2010 | Itawaka | 10.20 | 2,060 | 1,882
81.01.26 | Totals Saparua Timur District | 96.60 | 17,619 | 16,912

## Gallery

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* Saparua is in the right of the map, east of Haruku Island.

* Kota Saparua from Fort Duurstede

* Fort Duurstede at Saparua

* The inside of Fort Duurstede, Saparua

## References

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* Islands portal

1. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute. ProStar Publications. 2004. p. 47\. ISBN 978-1-57785-569-9.
2. ^ Indonesia - Maluku Census
3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)
5. ^ Saparua - Ethnologue
6. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
7. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
8. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024, Kecamatan Saparua Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8103080)
9. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024, Kecamatan Saparua Timur Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8103082)

## External links

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* Media related to Saparua at Wikimedia Commons

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Saparua.

* Old map of Manipa, Haruku, Saparua and Nusalaut
* Saparua island

3°34′30″S 128°38′49″E﻿ / ﻿3.57493°S 128.647°E﻿ / -3.57493; 128.647

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