Administrative divisions

The Maluku Islands were a single province since Indonesian independence, until they were split into North Maluku and Maluku in 1999.

North Maluku province

* Ternate, the site of the provincial capital
* Tidore
* Bacan
* Halmahera, at 20,000 km2 the largest of the Maluku Islands
* Morotai
* Obi Islands
* Sula Islands


Maluku province

* Ambon, the site of the provincial capital
* Aru Islands
* Babar Islands
* Banda Islands
* Buru
* Kai Islands
* Kisar
* Leti Islands
* Seram, and adjacent islands
* Sermata Islands
* Tanimbar Islands
* Wetar