Buton Island
thumb|250px|Buton and surrounding islands Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. It covers roughly 4,727 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th largest island in the world and Indonesia's 19th largest in area.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Buton
- Islands.location
- Southeast Asia
- Islands.area_km2
- 4727.07
- Islands.highest_mount
- Unnamed
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1,100
- Islands.country
- Indonesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Southeast Sulawesi
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Baubau
- Islands.country_largest_city_population
- 159,248
- Islands.population
- 414,899
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2020 Census
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thumb|250px|Buton and surrounding islands Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. It covers roughly 4,727 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th largest island in the world and Indonesia's 19th largest in area.
==History== thumb|right|250px|First minister of Buton In the precolonial era, the island, then usually known as Butung, was within the sphere of influence of Ternate. Especially in the sixteenth century, Buton served as an important secondary regional center within the Ternaten empire, controlling regional trade and collecting tribute to be sent to Ternate.