North Maluku (Indonesian: Maluku Utara) is a province of northeastern Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands, which are divided between it and the province of Maluku Province, which used to cover the entire group until North Maluku was split off in 1999. The provincial capital is Sofifi, on Halmahera the largest island, but the largest population center and former capital is the island of Ternate while the largest settlement on Halmahera is Tobelo.
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“The North will at least preserve your flesh for you; Northerners are pale for good and all. There’s very little difference between a dead Swede and a young man who’s had a bad night. But the Colonial is full of maggots the day after he gets off the boat.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)