Makian
Sign in to saveMakian (also Machian or Makeang), known to local people as Mount Kie Besi, is a volcanic island, one of the Maluku Islands within the province of North Maluku in Indonesia. It lies near the southern end of a chain of volcanic islands off the western coast of the province's major island, Halmahera, and lies between the islands of Moti and Tidore to the north and Kayoa and the Bacan Group to the south. The island, which forms two districts (Pulau Makian and Makian Barat) within South Halmahera Regency of North Maluku Province, covers an area of 91.04 sq.km, and had a population of 12,394 at the
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Makian
- Islands.image_name
- Makian volcano.jpg
- Islands.map_image
- Maluku Islands en.png
- Islands.location
- Southeast Asia
- Islands.archipelago
- Maluku Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 91.04
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1357
- Islands.country
- Indonesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- North Maluku
- Islands.population
- 12,404
- Islands.population_as_of
- mid 2024 estimate
- Islands.density_km2
- 136.2
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Makian
- Islands.timezone1
- EIT
- Islands.utc_offset1
- +09:00
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- Instance of
- volcano
- Part of
- Maluku Islands
- Country
- Indonesia
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 1357
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Molucca Sea
- Image
- Makian volcano.jpg
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- Makian
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- Maluku Islands
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Makian (also Machian or Makeang), known to local people as Mount Kie Besi, is a volcanic island, one of the Maluku Islands within the province of North Maluku in Indonesia. It lies near the southern end of a chain of volcanic islands off the western coast of the province's major island, Halmahera, and lies between the islands of Moti and Tidore to the north and Kayoa and the Bacan Group to the south. The island, which forms two districts (Pulau Makian and Makian Barat) within South Halmahera Regency of North Maluku Province, covers an area of 91.04 sq.km, and had a population of 12,394 at the 2010 Census, which rose to 14,000 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 12,404.
The roughly circular island is wide, and rises to a high summit which consists of a large wide crater, with a small lake on its Northeast side. There are four parasitic cones on the western slopes of Makian. Makian volcano is also known as Mount Kiebesi (or Kie Besi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Makian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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