Location: Ambon π
Location: Ambon, Indonesia
Administration Region: Maluku
Population: 372249
ISO2 Code: Maluku
ISO3 Code: IDN
Location Type: First-level Admin Capital
Latitude: -3.7
Longitude: 128.1667
Ambon (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. It covers a land area of 359.45 km2, and had a population of 331,254 at the 2010 Census and 347,288 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 348,225. The city is divided into five administrative districts (kecamatan) β namely Nusaniwe, Sirimau, Teluk Ambon (Ambon Bay), 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.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 ethnics) 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.
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