Halmahera [island] - Halmahera

Japanese: ハルマヘラ[島] - ハルマヘラ

Also known as Jailolo Island. The largest island in the Maluku Islands, eastern Indonesia. It has a complex K-shaped topography and many volcanoes. The inhabitants are mainly Alfur people, who traditionally lived on wild sago palm starch as their staple food and in dwellings on stilts on the coast. They also depend on fishing. It has long been under the control of Ternate Island to the west, which prospered from the spice trade, but in 1683 it became a Dutch territory. Area: 18,000 ^km2 . Population: about 120,000 people.
Related article: Maluku Islands

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Japanese:

ジャイロロ島とも。インドネシア東部，モルッカ諸島中の最大島。K字形の複雑な地形を呈し，火山が多い。住民はアルフル人を主とし，伝統的には野生のサゴヤシのデンプンを主食とし，海岸の杭上(こうじょう)住居で暮らしてきた。漁業にも従う。古くから香料貿易で栄えた西方のテルナテ島の支配を受けてきたが，1683年オランダ領とされた。１万8000km²。約12万人。
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