Dufa Dufa

Dufa Dufa is a village in Ternate, North Malaku Province. Dufa Dufa is situated nearby to the village Tafure, as well as near Sangaji.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ternate and Sultan Babullah Airport.

Ternate

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ternate is the city with the largest population in the province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It was the de facto provincial capital of North Maluku before Sofifi on the nearby coast of Halmahera became the capital in 2010.

Sultan Babullah Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Fatur rahman almakawi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sultan Babullah Airport is a domestic airport serving the island city of Ternate, the largest urban center in North Maluku province, Indonesia. The airport is named after Sultan Babullah of Ternate, the seventh ruler of the Sultanate of Ternate, who resisted Portuguese colonization in the Moluccas during the 16th century and is recognized as a national hero of Indonesia.

Fort Tolukko

Fort

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Tolukko is a small fortification that was erected in 1522 on the east coast of Ternate facing Halmahera. It was one of the colonial forts built to control the trade in clove spices, which prior to the eighteenth century were only found in the Maluku Islands. Fort Tolukko is situated 2½ km southeast of Dufa Dufa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gamalama and Foramadiahi.

Gamalama

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Gamalama is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Dufa Dufa.

Foramadiahi

Village

Foramadiahi is a village on Ternate island in North Maluku, Indonesia. It has a prominent role in stories about the formation of the Ternate Kingdom and has a number of historical graves. Foramadiahi is situated 7 km southwest of Dufa Dufa.