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Ambon is the capital and most crowded city of the Indonesian region of Maluku. This city is otherwise called "Ambon Manise," which signifies "lovely" or "beautiful". It covers a land zone of 298.61 km2, and had an expected 2016 populace of 427,934. The city is partitioned into five authoritative regions kecamatan - specifically Nusaniwe, Sirimau, Teluk Ambon Bay, Baguala and Leitimur Selatan South Leitimur.

The city is populated by a blend of ethnic Alifuru unique Moluccas, Javanese, Balinese, Butonese, Bugis, Makassar, Papuan, Minahasa, Minang, Flobamora Flores, Sumba, Alor and Timor clans and those of outside drop Chinese, Arabian-Ambonese, Spanish-Ambonese, German-Ambonese, Portuguese-Ambonese and Dutch-Ambonese. Somewhere in the range of 1999 and 2002, there was social agitation spurred by racial narrow mindedness. Ambon was colonized by Portugal in 1526 and initially named Nossa Senhora de Anunciada, established by Portuguese-Moluccan Governor Sancho de Vasconcelos.

The Portuguese were driven out by the Dutch in 1609. Aside from brief times of British administer, the island stayed under Dutch control until Indonesia's freedom in 1945. Amid the Dutch time frame, Ambon was the seat of the Dutch occupant and military leader of the Maluku Islands. The town was ensured by Fort Victoria, and a 1911 Encyclopædia described it as "a perfect little town with wide roads, well planted”.

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