Banda Islands

Banda Islands

▪ islands, Indonesia
      island group, Maluku propinsi (province), Indonesia. The islands lie in the Banda Sea, southeast of Ambon Island and south of Ceram. The largest of the nine islands, which have a total land area of 17 square miles (44 square km), is Great Banda (Banda Besar) Island. An inland sea, formed by three of the group, provides an outstanding harbour; the coral gardens beneath the sea are virtually unrivaled. Great Banda has coral rock to a height of 400 feet (120 metres), with lava and basalt up to 1,758 feet (536 metres). Mount Api, one of the island group, is an active volcano 2,200 feet (670 metres) in elevation; it caused extensive destruction in 1820 and 1852.

      The islands' volcanic soils are well adapted to the growth of nutmeg, which is indigenous. Other products are cloves, coconuts, tapioca, fish, and tropical fruits and vegetables. Half the population of the islands lives in Bandanaira, the capital and port city of Bandanaira Island. The inhabitants are mostly descendants of Javanese, Makassarese, and people from neighbouring islands brought in as labourers to work the Dutch nutmeg plantations.

      The Banda Islands were annexed by the Portuguese in 1512, but early in the 17th century the Dutch expelled the Portuguese. England and The Netherlands then vied for the islands, which changed hands several times before 1814, when they were restored to the Dutch by the Treaty of Paris.

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