Tual

Tual is a city in Maluku Province of Indonesia. The city, called Kota Tual in Indonesian, is within the Kei Islands, on Dullah Island, but since 2007 has been administratively separate from the rest of the Kei Islands, which form the Southeast Maluku Regency (the city is on the same administrative level as the regency). The city covers an area of 254.4 km² (98.2 sq mi) and includes a number of small islands to the west of the principal Kei Islands (Kei Besar and Kei Kecil).

For other uses, see Tual (disambiguation).

Tual
City
City of Tual Kota Tual
Air photo of the coast at Tual
Seal
Motto(s):  Larwur Ngabal
Location within Maluku
Tual Location in Maluku and Indonesia Show map of Maluku Tual Tual (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 5°38′12.5″S 132°45′3″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Maluku
Establishment	2007[1]
Government
• Mayor	Adam Rahayaan
• Vice Mayor	Abdul Hamid Rahayaan
Area
• Total	254.4 km^2 (98.2 sq mi)
Population  (2015)[2]
• Total	67,783
• Density	266.4/km^2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 916
Vehicle registration	DE
Website	tualkota.go.id

History

The city was in one of the key maritime routes of the spice trade that extended from the Moluccas southwards towards the Lesser Sunda Islands and Java, which have had significant effects on the culture and people in the region.[1]

Inhabitants of the Kai Islands are believed to have migrated from the larger island of Seram. Local cultures were exposed to that of the Balinese in the 14th century, during the expansion of the Majapahit Empire. After its collapse, however, the local elders known as Halaai formed a local set of government and laws (known as the Larwul Ngaal), which stood until European arrival to the archipelago. After the Dutch East India Company conquered the area sometime in the 17th century, the elders were replaced with "kings".[1]

During the Second World War, Japanese soldiers landed on the island and several Roman Catholic missionaries were executed. The area remained largely untouched by the insurgency in South Maluku during the 1960s. In 2007, the city (which includes a number of far-flung islands to the west of it) was administratively separated from the Southeast Maluku Regency[1].

Tual ca. 1915

Administration

The city as at 2010 was divided into four districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population. Subsequently by 2018 a fifth district—Kur Selatan (South Kur)—had been created from part of Pulau-Pulau Kur district.

Name	Area in sq.km	Population Census 2010	Notes
Pulau Dullah Selatan	42.8	33,175	Southern Dullah Island (including Tual town)
Pulau Dullah Utara	72.3	14,564	Northern Dullah Island, and Dullah Laut Island
Tayando Tam	69.2	5,448	Tayandu Islands (Tayandu, Heniar, Nusreen) and Taam
Pulau-Pulau Kur	54.7	4,895	Kur Islands, including Mangur, Fadol and others)

Climate

Tual has a typical Tropical rainforest climate, hot and humid all year round.

Climate data for Tual, Maluku, Indonesia
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C	33	38	37	37	32	31	39	35	36	35	37	42	42
Average high °C	28	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	28	30	30	29	29
Daily mean °C	27	27	27	28	28	27	26	26	27	28	28	27	27
Average low °C	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26
Record low °C	19	21	18	20	22	22	20	21	20	20	21	22	18
Average precipitation mm	380	340	340	260	230	150	110	70	60	60	150	340	2,600
Record high °F	91	100	99	99	90	88	102	95	97	95	99	108	108
Average high °F	82	84	84	84	84	82	81	81	82	86	86	84	84
Daily mean °F	81	81	81	82	82	81	79	79	81	82	82	81	81
Average low °F	79	79	79	79	79	77	77	77	79	79	79	79	79
Record low °F	66	70	64	68	72	72	68	70	68	68	70	72	64
Average precipitation inches	15.0	13.4	13.4	10.2	9.1	5.9	4.3	2.8	2.4	2.4	5.9	13.4	102.4
Average relative humidity (%) (daily average)	81	80	79	78	77	79	76	74	72	71	73	80	77
Mean daily sunshine hours	12.8	12.6	12.5	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.5
Source: [3]

Friendly city

city	area	country	sign time
Malé	Maldives	Maldives	March 2017
Sorong	West Papua	Indonesia	March 2017
Manggar	Bangka BelitungEast Belitung	Indonesia	January 2017
Suva	Viti Levu	Fiji	February 2017

References

1. Loupatty, Stenly R. "Sejarah Kota Tual" (PDF). Indonesian Ministry of Education.
2. "Jumlah Penduduk Kota Tual menurut Kecamatan dan Jenis Kelamin Tahun 2015". BPS Kota Tual. Indonesian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
3. "Tual, Indonesia". Weatherbase.

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