Eastern Indonesia
Region
Indonesia Timur (in Indonesian)
From upper-left to lower-right:
Diving experience in Piaynemo Island of Raja Ampat,
Clitoria ternatea (the native flower of Ternate Island),
Papuan man wearing traditional Papuan attires,
Papeda (the staple food of Eastern Indonesia)
   Eastern Region of Indonesia
Largest cityJayapura
Provinces
8 Provinces
DemonymEastern Indonesians[1]
Time zoneUTC+9 (Eastern Indonesia Time)

Eastern Indonesia (or East Indonesia)[2] is one of the three main geographical regions of Indonesia, the other two being Western Indonesia and Central Indonesia.[3] Eastern Indonesia spans across the Banda and Maluku Seas in the west, the Arafura and Timor Seas in the south, and the Halmahera Sea in the north. It comprises the archipelagic territory of Tanimbar, Banda, Maluku,[4] Halmahera, Raja Ampat, Biak, and western New Guinea. Eastern Indonesia Time is the national standard time designated for Eastern Indonesia; it falls within the UTC+9 time zone.

Eastern Indonesia borders Southern Philippines in the northwest, Palau in the north, Western Papua New Guinea in the east, and Northern Australia in the south.

Geography

Climate

In Eastern Indonesia, the days are generally dry and sunny from October through March with the warm tropical rain season occurring between May and August; temperatures are typically in the 27 °C (81 °F) to 30 °C (86 °F) range throughout the year.[4]

Administration

Administratively, Eastern Indonesia consists of two main geographical units, namely the Maluku Islands and Papua (Western New Guinea).

ISO 3166-2 Codes Geographical unit Provinces Population
(mid-2022)[5]		 Largest city Highest point
  ID-ML
 Maluku Islands Maluku and North Maluku 3,201,000 Ambon Mount Binaiya
3,027 m (9,931 ft)
  ID-PP
 Papua Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua 5,601,900 Jayapura Puncak Jaya
4,884 m (16,024 ft)

Economy

Seaweed farming has traditionally been a common commercial activity along the coasts of Eastern Indonesia; however, in the 2020s climate change in Indonesia has been causing seaweed farmers in Eastern Indonesia to lose revenue and harvests.[6] In the consumer shopping industry, Eastern Indonesia experienced a rapid increase in online shopping in the 2020s, with overall transactions in the region doubling from 2020 to 2021; this growth has been led by Indonesian e-commerce company Tokopedia, with the top product types sold in the region being health and beauty, fashion, food and beverage, and electronics.[3]

Demographics

Largest cities

The following are the four largest cities in Eastern Indonesia by population:

Largest cities in Eastern Indonesia[7][8][9]
No.CityProvincePopulationImage
1.KupangEast Nusa Tenggara442.758
2.JayapuraPapua398.478
3.AmbonMaluku347.288
4.SorongSouthwest Papua284.410

See also

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Catharina Purwani (2007). Maiden Voyages: Eastern Indonesian Women on the Move. Netherlands: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV) Press. p. 211. ISBN 9789812303943.
  2. ↑ "President Jokowi: East Indonesia Will Be Able to Expand Rapidly, Need Supported by Infrastructure". Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia. 2015.
  3. 1 2 Paramitha, Pradna (December 29, 2021). "Western, central, and eastern Indonesia show diverse trends in online shopping behavior". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Lonne, Torben (March 23, 2018). "Essential guide to remote travel in eastern Indonesia". The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  6. ↑ Barends, Jaya (July 23, 2023). "Seaweed farmers in eastern Indonesia struggle in a changing climate". Mongabay. West Seram. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ Nusa Tenggara
  8. ↑ Maluku
  9. ↑ Western Papua

Bibliography

  • Wouden, F.A.E. Van (1935). Types Of Social Structure In Eastern Indonesia (in English and Indonesian). Leiden: Springer Netherlands. p. 189. ISBN 9789401510769.
  • Fraassen, C. F. van (1976). Drie plaatsnamen uit Oost-Indonesië in de Nagara-Kertagama: Galiyao, Muar en Wwanin en de vroege handelsgeschiedenis van de Ambonse eilanden [Three place names from Eastern Indonesia in the Nagara-Kertagama: Galiyao, Muar and Wwanin and the early trade history of the Ambon Islands] (in Dutch). doi:10.1163/22134379-90002645.
  • Andaya, Leonard Y. (1993). The World of Maluku: Eastern Indonesia in the Early Modern Period. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 306.
  • Williams, Catharina Purwani (2007). Maiden Voyages: Eastern Indonesian Women on the Move. Netherlands: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV) Press. p. 211. ISBN 9789812303943.


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