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Moa is an Indonesian island, at the center of the
Moa is an Indonesian island, at the center of the Leti Islands The Letti Islands () of Indonesia are part of the Maluku Islands, in southwest Maluku Province. (The spelling Leti Islands is also used sometimes.) They are also called the "Lemola" Archipelago, from the initial two letters of each of the three main ...
, and one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia. Moa is located in southwest Maluku province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
. The main town is Tiakur
Tiakur is a ''kelurahan'' and the regency seat of Southwest Maluku Regency in Maluku, Indonesia. The town was purposely built as the capital of the Southwest Maluku Regency following its creation in 2008. Tiakur formed as the result of a politi ...
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The Leti language
Leti (or Letti) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Leti in Maluku. Although it shares much vocabulary with the neighboring Luang language, it is marginally mutually intelligible.
Fewer than 1% of Leti speakers are literate in ...
, a member of Austronesian languages is spoken on Moa.
See also
*Islands of Indonesia
The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago ( id, Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands comprising the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands.
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* Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...
* Maluku (province)
Maluku is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. The main city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon on the small Ambon Island. The land area is 62,946 km2, and the total population ...
Transports
The island is served by theJos Orno Imsula Airport
Jos Orno Imsula Airport is an airport serving the town of Tiakur, on the Moa island in the Southwest Maluku Regency of the Maluku province, Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oc ...
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References
* Islands of the Maluku Islands Outer Banda Arc Landforms of Maluku (province) {{Maluku-geo-stub