Buton Island

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Buton Island is a large island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its diverse indigenous cultures and languages as well as its strategic location along historic maritime trade routes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Buton Island canonical 7
Buton Islands 2
Buton 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
administrativeRegion Baubau City
linked to: Baubau

Buton Regency
North Buton Regency
South Buton Regency
borderedBy Muna Island (to the west, across a strait)
linked to: Muna Island
climate tropical
country Indonesia
economicActivity fishing
maritime trade
small-scale agriculture
ethnicGroup Butonese people
Cia-Cia people
formerColonialPower Netherlands
governedBy local regencies and city governments of Southeast Sulawesi
hasCapital Baubau
hasCoastlineOn Banda Sea
Flores Sea
hasCulturalHeritage Buton Palace Fortress in Baubau
hasTraditionalHouseType Butonese stilt houses
hasUrbanCenter Baubau
historicalPolity Buton Sultanate
knownFor diverse indigenous cultures
historic maritime trade routes
linguistic diversity
languageFamilyContext Austronesian languages
languageSpoken Cia-Cia language
Wolio language
largestCity Baubau
locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Sulawesi
Sulawesi region
locatedInBodyOfWater Banda Sea
Flores Sea
locatedInTimeZone UTC+8
locatedSouthOf Sulawesi Island
linked to: Sulawesi region
locatedWestOf Moluccas Islands
linked to: Maluku Islands
partOf Indonesia archipelago
Sulawesi archipelago
partOfProvince Southeast Sulawesi Province
linked to: Southeast Sulawesi
regionType outer island of Sulawesi
religionMajority Islam
resource asphalt deposits
strategicImportance maritime trade hub
position along routes between Maluku and Sulawesi
transportConnection ferry links to mainland Sulawesi

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Referenced by (10)

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

Muna–Buton languages spokenIn Buton Island
Wolio language spokenIn Buton Island
Central Indonesia hasPart Buton Islands
linked to: Buton Island
Southeast Sulawesi hasIslandGroup Buton Islands
linked to: Buton Island
Southeast Sulawesi hasIsland Buton
linked to: Buton Island
Cia-Cia language spokenOn Buton Island
Lasalimu language spokenIn Buton Island
Lasalimu language region Buton Island
Liabuku language locatedNear Buton Island
Babyrousa babyrussa nativeTo Buton Island