Aru Islands

E221165

The Aru Islands are a remote archipelago in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, rich biodiversity, and historically important role in regional trade and exploration.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aru Islands canonical 39
Aru Islands archipelago 2
Aru Archipelago 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
administrativeStatus regency of Maluku Province ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
exploredIn 19th century ⓘ
hasCapital Dobo ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
sago cultivation ⓘ
small-scale forestry ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reefs ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Aru people ⓘ
Maluku Islanders ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples

Papuans ⓘ
linked to: Papuan peoples
hasFauna birds-of-paradise ⓘ
cassowaries ⓘ
marsupials ⓘ
hasFlora sago palms ⓘ
tropical hardwoods ⓘ
hasLanguage Aru languages ⓘ
Batuley language ⓘ
Dobel language ⓘ
Kola language ⓘ
Mariri language ⓘ
Ujir language ⓘ
Wokam language ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
indigenous beliefs ⓘ
historicallyTradedCommodity bird-of-paradise plumes ⓘ
pearls ⓘ
tortoiseshell ⓘ
historicallyTradedWith Makassar ⓘ
Maluku spice islands ⓘ
linked to: Spice Islands

New Guinea ⓘ
knownFor Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
historical role in regional trade ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
role in exploration history ⓘ
largestSettlement Dobo ⓘ
locatedBetween Australia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
locatedIn Arafura Sea ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
partOf Maluku Province ⓘ
linked to: Maluku province

Wallacea ⓘ
visitedBy Alfred Russel Wallace ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Guinea → hasNearbyIslandGroup → Aru Islands ⓘ
Maluku Islands → contains → Aru Islands ⓘ
Banda Sea → adjacentToIsland → Aru Islands ⓘ
Banda Sea → hasIslandGroup → Aru Islands ⓘ
southern cassowary → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
birds-of-paradise → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
Papuan peoples → primaryRegion → Aru Islands ⓘ
Aru languages → region → Aru Islands ⓘ
Paradisaeidae → nativeRange → Aru Islands ⓘ
Casuarius → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
Lydekker Line → passesNear → Aru Islands ⓘ
palm cockatoo → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
family Paradisaeidae → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
subject linked to: bird of paradise
Morelia viridis → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
Maluku Province → hasIsland → Aru Islands ⓘ
subject linked to: Maluku province
Southeast Maluku languages → region → Aru Islands ⓘ
Aru → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Aru → geographicDistribution → Aru Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Aru Islands
Dobel language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Manombai language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Mariri language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Tarangan language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Ujir language → region → Aru Islands ⓘ
Kompane language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Kompane language → spokenOn → Aru Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Aru Islands
Wokam language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Benjina language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Kola-Kompane subgroup → locatedIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Kola-Kompane subgroup → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Aru Islands Regency → locatedIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Aru people → locatedIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Lichmera → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
Paradisaea → nativeTo → Aru Islands ⓘ
northern Banda Sea → borderedBy → Aru Islands ⓘ
Dobo → locatedIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Dobo → locatedOn → Aru Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Aru Islands
Kola language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Batuley language → spokenIn → Aru Islands ⓘ
Tayando Islands → locatedWestOf → Aru Islands ⓘ