Sanana Island

Sanana or Sula Besi Island (earlier name Xulla Besi[1]) is an island south of Mangole Island, and part of Sula Islands Regency in the North Maluku province of Indonesia. Sanana is also the name of that island's largest settlement, home to the Dutch era fort Benteng De Verwachting.[2][3]

Sanana
Geography
LocationSoutheast Asia
Coordinates2.2°S 125.91667°E / -2.2; 125.91667
ArchipelagoMaluku Islands
Area532.3 km2 (205.5 sq mi)
Administration
Indonesia
Largest settlementSanana
Demographics
Population48,892 (2010 Census)
Pop. density91.85/km2 (237.89/sq mi)

Districts

The island is divided into six districts within the Sula Islands Regency, which are set out below with their reas and the populations at the 2010 Census.[4]

NameEnglish nameArea in
km2
Population
Census 2010
Sanana UtaraNorth Sanana75.285,675
SananaSanama town83.3625,183
Sula Besi TengahCentral Sula Besi74.735,929
Sula Besi TimurEast Sula Besi82.183,100
Sula Besi SelatanSouth Sula Besi88.494,298
Sula Besi BaratWest Sula Besi128.264,707
Sula Besi Island(total)532.3048,892

Transportation

Sanana airport is linked to Ambon by Trigana Air Service flights.[5]

History

As was common throughout Maluku at that time, Sanana suffered serious religio-ethnic tensions between Muslims and Christians during 1999.[6]

Flora and fauna

Frog Callulops kopsteini, also known as Kopstein's callulops frog, is only known from Sanuna Island.[7]

References

  1. Goodall, George (Editor)(1943) Philips' International Atlas London, George Philip and Son map 'East Indies' pp. 91–92
  2. Lonely Planet; Ryan Ver Berkmoes; Celeste Brash; Muhammad Cohen; Mark Elliott; Guyan Mitra; John Noble; Adam Skolnick; Iain Stewart; Steve Waters (2010). Lonely Planet Indonesia. Lonely Planet Publications. p. 741. ISBN 978-1-74104-830-8.
  3. Photo of Sanana's fort before 1920
  4. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. "Trigana Air Service". Trigana-air.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. "Ambon rioting leaves 100 dead in Indonesia". World Socialist Website. 30 January 1999.
  7. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Callulops kopsteini (Mertens, 1930)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 June 2019.


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