Lease Islands

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The Lease Islands are a small archipelago in Indonesia’s Maluku province, known historically for their role in the regional spice trade and their location between Seram and Ambon in eastern Indonesia.

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Lease Islands canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
administrativeDivisionOf Maluku Province
linked to: Maluku province
climate tropical
colonialHistory contested by European colonial powers
contains Haruku Island
Nusa Laut Island
Saparua Island
country Indonesia
countrySubdivision Republic of Indonesia
linked to: Indonesia
ethnoLinguisticRegion Central Maluku
governingCountryCapital Jakarta
historicalImportance center of colonial-era spice trade competition
historicalRegion Spice Islands
knownFor clove production (historically)
role in regional spice trade
largestIsland Saparua Island
locatedBetween Ambon Island
Seram Island
linked to: Seram
locatedIn Maluku Province
linked to: Maluku province

eastern Indonesia
locatedInBodyOfWater Banda Sea
nearbyIsland Ambon Island
Seram Island
linked to: Seram
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands biogeographical region
linked to: Wallacea

Maluku Islands
provinceCapital Ambon
region Eastern Indonesia
linked to: eastern Indonesia
sea Banda Sea
timeZone Indonesia Eastern Time

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Banda Sea hasIslandGroup Lease Islands
Haruku partOf Lease Islands