Gebe Island
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Gebe is an island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia, situated between Raja Ampat and Halmahera. Administratively it is part of Central Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province, but is physically separated from the rest of the regency by the Jailolo Strait (Selat Jailolo).
Key facts
- Island.name
- Gebe
- Island.map_caption
- Location near Raja Ampat Islands
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- Indonesia Raja Ampat
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- Location near Raja Ampat Islands
- Island.area_km2
- 223.86
- Island.country
- Indonesia
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- Province
- Island.country_admin_divisions
- North Maluku
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- Central Halmahera
- Area
- 138.8798
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- Gebi
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- Pulau Gebe
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Gebe is an island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia, situated between Raja Ampat and Halmahera. Administratively it is part of Central Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province, but is physically separated from the rest of the regency by the Jailolo Strait (Selat Jailolo).
The island is the main part of a small island group which also includes the islands of Fau, Yu, Uta, and Sain. Together the group forms the Gebe Island District (Kecamatan Pulau Gebe), which covers a land area of 223.86 km2, and had a population of 6,181 as at mid 2024. There are eight villages (desa) including Elfanun, Kacepi, Kapaleo, Sanafi, Sanafkacepo, Umera, and Yam on Gebe Island and Umiyal (formerly Omnial) on Yu Island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gebe Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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