Ambon
Ambon is an island in the Maluku region of Indonesia and also the name of its largest city: Ambon City. The island consists of two regions: Ambon City and Central Maluku Regency.
Photo: Bas de Koning, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Maluku Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Amboine”, “Ambon Island”, “Ambono sala”, “Amboyna”, “Embun”, “Île Ambon”, “île d’Ambon”, “Ilha Ambon”, “Isla Ambon”, “Isola Ambon”, “Isola di Ambon”, “Амбойна”, “അംപൊൺ ദ്വീപ്”, “ഇന്തോനേഷ്യന് ദീപ്”, “アンボイナ島”, “安波衣拿”, and “安波那”
Ambon
- Category: landform
- Location: Maluku, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-3.6175° or 3° 37′ 3″ south
Longitude
128.1675° or 128° 10′ 3″ east
Population
501,000
Elevation
261 metres (856 feet)
Open location code
6Q8C95J9+X2
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ambon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة أمبون”
- Azerbaijani: “Ambon”
- Balinese: “Nusa Ambon”
- Basque: “Ambon”
- Belarusian: “Амбон”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Амбон”
- Bengali: “আমবন”
- Breton: “Enez Ambon”
- Catalan: “Ambon”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Ambon”
- Chinese: “安汶岛”
- Chinese: “安汶島”
- Czech: “Ambon”
- Danish: “Ambon”
- Dutch: “Ambon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره امبون”
- Esperanto: “Ambon”
- Estonian: “Amboni saar”
- Finnish: “Ambon”
- French: “Ambon”
- Galician: “Ambón”
- Georgian: “ამბონი (კუნძული)”
- Georgian: “ამბონი”
- German: “Ambon”
- Greek: “Νήσος Άμπον”
- Hebrew: “אמבון”
- Hindi: “आम्बोन द्वीप”
- Indonesian: “Ambon”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Ambon”
- Italian: “Ambon”
- Japanese: “アンボン島”
- Javanese: “Pulo Ambon”
- Korean: “암본섬”
- Latin: “Amboina”
- Lithuanian: “Ambonas”
- Macedonian: “Амбон”
- Malay: “Pulau Ambon”
- Malay: “Pulau Embun”
- Malay: “ڤولاو امبون”
- Malayalam: “ആമ്പോൺ ദ്വീപ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ambon”
- Norwegian: “Ambon”
- Persian: “جزیره آمبون”
- Polish: “Ambon”
- Portuguese: “Amboina”
- Portuguese: “Amboíno”
- Russian: “Амбон”
- Serbian: “Ambon”
- Serbian: “Амбон”
- Spanish: “Isla de Ambon”
- Swahili: “Ambon”
- Swedish: “Ambon”
- Tamil: “அம்போன் தீவு”
- Thai: “เกาะอัมบน”
- Turkish: “Ambon Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Амбон”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ امبون”
- Uzbek: “Ambon oroli”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Ambon”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ambon (purô)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ambon”
- Western Mari: “Амбон ошмаоты”
- Western Panjabi: “امبون”
- Wu Chinese: “安汶島”
- Yue Chinese: “安汶島”
- “Pulau Ambon”
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