Haruku Island

Haruku
Geography


Location	South East Asia
Archipelago	Maluku Islands
Highest elevation	601 m (1,972 ft)
Highest point	Huruano
Country
Indonesia
Demographics
Population	24,170 (as of 2010)

Haruku Island is an island in Central Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia - lying east of Ambon Island, off the southern coast of Seram and just west of Saparua. It is administered as a single district, Kecamatan Pulau Haruku, with a 2010 census population of 24,170.^[1] The inhabitants on Haruku speak the Haruku language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay.^[2]

References

↑ "Sekapur Sirih" (PDF). Sp2010.bps.go.id. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
↑ "Haruku". Ethnologue.com. 1999-02-19. Retrieved 2015-06-12.

External links

Media related to Haruku at Wikimedia Commons
Old map of Manipa, Haruku, Saparua and Nusalaut

Coordinates: 3°34′01″S 128°28′59″E / 3.567°S 128.483°E / -3.567; 128.483

Seram Island, Indonesia

Settlements	Amahai Ariate Atiahu Bemu Bengoi Bula Geser Hote Japutih Kairatu Kamar Kamarian Kisalaut Kobi Kulur Laha Laala Latuhalu Luhu Loki Masohi Opin Piru Saweli Taniwel Tehoru Tihulale Tum Urung Wahai Wailissa Wari Werinama

Geography	Ambon Island Boano Island Haruku Island Manipa Island Saparua Island Manusela National Park Eti River Kawa River Masiwang River Sapalewa River Salawai River Tala River Boano Strait El-Paputih Bay Piru Bay Taluti Bay Waru Bay

Endemic fauna	Graphium stresemanni Rufescent darkeye Seram bandicoot Seram crow Seram friarbird Seram honeyeater Seram masked owl Seram small tree-nymph Seram thrush Seram white-eye

Native people and languages	Alfur Alune Hainuwele Manusela Nuaulu Nunusaku languages Piru Bay languages Wemale

Islands of Maluku

North Maluku province	Bacan Halmahera Kayoa Moti Makian Morotai Obi Sula Ternate Tidore

Maluku province	Ambelau Ambon Aru Boano Buru Babar Banda Damar Haruku Kai Kelang Leti Liran Manipa Manuk Nila Nusa Laut Romang Saparua Seram Serua Tanimbar Tayandu Watubela Wetar

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