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Maumere is the administrative seat of the Sikka Regency and the second largest town (its nominal population has recently overtaken Ende, but of these over 10,500 live in rural areas on outlying islands) on Flores Island, Indonesia. It lies on the north coast of the island and the port is in the north-west part of the town. Administratively, the town is not a single district (kecamatan) within the regency, but is divided into three districts, namely Alok Barat (West Alok), Alok, and Alok Timur (East Alok), although the latter two districts also include a number of substantial islands off the no

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Maumere
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Rome of IndonesiaRome of the East
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Town
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Location of Maumere on Flores
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Indonesia Flores#Indonesia
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Location in Indonesia
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250
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Indonesia
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Lesser Sunda Islands
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East Nusa Tenggara
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Regency
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Sikka
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123.26

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Country
Indonesia
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Sikka
Elevation
18
Capital of
Sikka
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Jesus Statue Maumere.jpg
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Maumere
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  • Mother of All Nations
  • Transportation
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Maumere is the administrative seat of the Sikka Regency and the second largest town (its nominal population has recently overtaken Ende, but of these over 10,500 live in rural areas on outlying islands) on Flores Island, Indonesia. It lies on the north coast of the island and the port is in the north-west part of the town. Administratively, the town is not a single district (kecamatan) within the regency, but is divided into three districts, namely Alok Barat (West Alok), Alok, and Alok Timur (East Alok), although the latter two districts also include a number of substantial islands off the north coast of Flores.

==Population== The population of Maumere is mainly made up of the native Sikka people, but there are also some of Portuguese descent who are called the mestiços. Apart from that, there are also the Lio, Palue, Bajau, Bugis, and the Javanese who migrated here. The population speaks Indonesian and Maumere Malay, a local Malay-based creole, as a lingua franca. The most widely spoken regional language is Sikka, then Lio, and others. A Portuguese-based creole form was spoken until the late 20th century, before being replaced by Indonesian and local Malay.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maumere” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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