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Nusa Laut

Island in Maluku, Indonesia

Summary

Island in Maluku, Indonesia

Field	Value
name	Nusa Laut Island
map	Indonesia Maluku
native_name_link	Pulau Nusalaut
location	Oceania
coordinates
archipelago	Maluku Islands
area_km2	32.50
elevation_m	358
country	Indonesia
country_admin_divisions_title	Province
country_admin_divisions	Maluku
population	5,437
population_as_of	mid 2023 estimate
density_km2	176.7
country_admin_divisions_1	Central Maluku	timezone1=IEST	utc_offset1=+09:00	country_admin_divisions_title_1=Regency	languages=Ambonese Malay, Indonesian, Nusa Laut

Nusa Laut (also called Pulau Nusahulawano or Pulau Emas) is the smallest of the three inhabited island in the Lease Islands group situated east of Ambon Island, in Indonesia's Maluku province. It lies just off the south-western corner of Saparua island, separated from it by a deep channel. The island's coasts are fringed by a drying reef.

Nusa Laut covers a land area of 32.5 km2 and had a population of 5,322 at the 2010 Census and 5,780 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 5,437 inhabitants. live in seven villages - Leinitu, Sila, Nalahia and Ameth in the north of the island, and Titawaai, Abubu and Akoon in the south of the island - all sharing the postcode of 97518. They speak the Nusa Laut language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay.

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Wilayah		Name
of
desa		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
81.01.16.2001
81.01.16.2002
81.01.16.2003
81.01.16.2004
81.01.16.2005
81.01.16.2006
81.01.16.2007

Nusa Laut has an all-Christian population and has been spared the 1999–2000 riots plaguing the rest of the region. Its villages have many colonial style houses and churches, two of which compete for the title of being the oldest church in Maluku. There is also an old fort - the Dutch East India Company's Fort Beverwijk.

Visitors come to the island for its beaches and to dive off the reefs of Ameth - reputedly one of the best dive spots in the Lease Islands.

References

[https://books.google.com/books?id=TnHGVP_BfgUC&pg=PA47 Pub164, 2004 Sailing Directions (Enroute): New Guinea]
Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)
[http://www.ethnologue.com/language/NUL Nusa Laut - Ethnologue]
Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024, ''Kecamatan Nusa Laut Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8103081)
Muller, Dr. Kal (1990). ''Spice Islands: The Moluccas''. Periplus Editions. {{ISBN. 0-945971-07-9

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