Lease Islands in the center of the Maluku Islands

The Lease Islands, formerly called the Uliasers or Uliassers, are a group of three inhabited islands (and smaller uninhabited islets), lying immediately to the south of Seram and east of Ambon Island in the province of Maluku, in Indonesia. The three inhabited islands, from west to east, are Haruku, Saparua and Nusa Laut, while tiny uninhabited Molana is administratively part of Saparua District; these islands constitute four administrative districts (kecamatan) within Central Maluku Regency.

District
(kecamatan)
Name
English nameAdministrative
Centre
Area in
km2
Population
Census
2010 [1]
Population
Census
2020 [2]
Pulau HarukuHaruku IslandPelauw150.0024,20727,390
Saparua(West) SaparuaKota Saparua79.9032,47518,402
Saparua TimurEast SaparuaTuhaha96.60(a)17,620
Nusa LautNusa Laut IslandAmeth32.505,3225,780
(totals on Lease Islands)359.0062,00469,192

Note: (a) Figures for Saparua Timur's population in 2010 are included in those for Saparua.

Sources

  • Muller, Dr. Kal (1990). Spice Islands: The Moluccas. Periplus Editions. ISBN 0-945971-07-9.

References

  1. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

3°38′52″S 128°25′58″E / 3.6477°S 128.4329°E / -3.6477; 128.4329

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