NORTH MALUKU PROVINCE PROFILE
- NAME : North Maluku
- CAPITAL : Ternate
- AREA : 31,982.50 km2
- POPULATION : (2014) 1,141,561
- Ethnicity :Tobelo (10.78%), Galela (9.70%), Ternate (9.40%), Makian (8.51%), Tidore (7.76%), Sula (6.98%), Buton (5.67%), Jawa (4.12%), Sangir (3.04%), Loloda (2.61%), Tobaru (2.24%), Kao (2.15%), Bugis (2.01%), Patani (1.84%), Bajo (1.72%), Others (21.46%)
- Religions : Islam (74.28%), Protestantism(24.9%), Roman Catholicism(0.52%)
- DETAILS OF TOP OFFICIALS
- Governor : Ahmad Hidayat Mus
- Vice Governor : Rivai Umar
The mainstay of North Maluku’s economy is agriculture, fishing, and forestry. Main crops are rice, corn (maize), cassava, sweet potatoes, and peanuts (ground nuts). Other products are soybeans, cocoa, cloves, coconuts, nutmeg, coffee, green beans, tomatoes, potatoes, mustard greens, avocados, citrus, starfruit, guavas, papayas, and other fruits. Marine fish, especially tuna, as well as shellfish, lobster, shrimp, and squid, are major products of the province’s fisheries. Mining is also important to the regions with nickel and gold found in Halmahera.
Highly diverse ethnic groups can be found in North Maluku, dozens of language also spoken in the regions. Notable cities include Ternate, Soasiu, Tidore, Sofifi, Tobelo, Galela, and Kao.
- MAJOR AREAS OF INDUSTRY
- Coconut
- Cocoa
- Brown sugar
- Nutmeg
- Wild caught fish
