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Ambon is a city located in Maluku Province in Indonesia, situated in the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago. It serves as an important port and regional center for trade and commerce in the Maluku region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Indonesia
- Official name
- Kota Ambon
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- Maluku
- Contains
- South Leitimur
- Population
- 372249
- Area
- 298.61
- Elevation
- 116
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Capital of
- Maluku
- Shares border with
- Central Maluku
- Official website
- www.ambon.go.id
- Image
- USNS Mercy off the coast of Ambon, Indonesia.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0911
- Motto
- Bersatu Manggurebe Maju
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- name
- Ambon
- Commons category
- Ambon
- topic's main category
- Category:Ambon, Maluku
- twinned administrative body
- Darwin
- member of
- Creative Cities Network
- different from
- Ambon Island
- inception
- 1575-09-07
- Statistics Indonesia area code
- 8171
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
Ambon ( Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈambɔn]; formerly Dutch: Amboina) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Maluku. This city is also known as Ambon Manise, which means "beautiful" or "pretty" Ambon in the Ambonese language. It covers a land area of 359.45 square kilometres (138.78 sq mi), and had a population of 331,254 at the 2010 Census and 347,288 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2024 was 357,289. The city is divided into five administrative districts (kecamatan) – namely Nusaniwe, Sirimau, Teluk Ambon (Ambon Bay), Baguala (officially Teluk Ambon Baguala) and Leitimur Selatan (South Leitimur). Known as Indonesia's music city, Ambon became the first city in Southeast Asia to be recognised as the UNESCO City of Music in 2019.
History
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