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Gorong archipelago

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Location
  
South East Asia

Provinces
  
Maluku

Ethnic groups
  
Melanesian

Islands
  
Manawoka Island

Total islands
  
3

Population
  
27285 (2010)

Province
  
Maluku

Gorong archipelago

Major islands
  
Gorom, Panjang and Manawoka

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Gorong archipelago is a group of islands between Watubela archipelago and Ceram in the Maluku Islands.

Contents

Map of Gorong archipelago, Kilkoda, Gorom Tim., East Seram Bagian Regency, Maluku, Indonesia

History

The Nagarakretagama, an Old Javanese eulogy to king Hayam Wuruk of Majapahit written in 1365, mentions "Gurun" amongst the tributary countries of the kingdom.

The English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace described the islands, which he called Goram, in chapter 25 of his 1869 book The Malay Archipelago.

Islands

The archipelago has three islands.

  • Gorom, the biggest island, with the villages of Miran (Miren) on the east coast, Ondor (Ondur) in the northwest and Hur on its southwestern coast.
  • Panjang to the west of Gorong, with Wisalem village in its southern end.
  • Manawoka in the south, with the villages of Arbau in the north, Amar and Derra, and Nama in the south.

    • References

    Gorong archipelago Wikipedia
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