Ambon City | Maluku | Indonesia

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Here's an aerial view of an important mid-sized city in the eastern islands of Indonesia, compliments of ariotrihantoro. The city of Ambon is the capital of the Maluku Province, one of the 34 into which the nation is divided. The province covers a large portion of the historical region known as the Maluku Islands, whcich became one of the key sources for the spice trade which drove much of the Early Modern world economy. The city lies at the head of a bay on Ambon Island, just to the southeast of the island of Maluka.

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Ambon is the capital and most populous city of the Indonesian province of Maluku. This city is also known as "Ambon Manise," which means "beautiful" or "pretty". It covers a land area of 298.61 km2, and had an estimated 2016 population of 427,934.[1] The city is divided into five administrative districts (kecamatan) - namely Nusaniwe, Sirimau, Teluk Ambon (Ambon Bay), Baguala and Leitimur Selatan (South Leitimur). The city is populated by a mix of ethnic Alifuru (original Moluccans), Javanese, Balinese, Butonese, Bugis, Makassar, Papuan, Minahasa, Minang, Flobamora (Flores, Sumba, Alor and Timor tribes) and those of foreign descent (Chinese, Arabian-Ambonese, Spanish-Ambonese, German-Ambonese, Portuguese-Ambonese and Dutch-Ambonese). Between 1999 and 2002, there was social unrest motivated by racial intolerance.