Ariate is a small town on the southwestern coast of the

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n island of

Seram Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historical importance. It is located just north of the smaller Ambon Island and a few other adjacent is ...

. On 21–22 August 1999 there was violent conflict in the area and other settlements such as Piru,

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, Laala and Wailissa, which resulted in 12 deaths in total on the island. Police failed to reach the town on time, due to mobs who "set up roadblocks and fired shots at the reinforcements sent in from Salahutu sub-district town of

Masohi Masohi is a coastal town on the Indonesian island of Seram. It is the capital of the Central Maluku Regency (Kebupaten Maluku Tengah). It was the site of a detention camp for political prisoners in the 1970s. It had 36,433 inhabitants at the 202 ...

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Populated places in Seram Island West Seram Regency 1999 in Indonesia {{Maluku-geo-stub