Ambonese people
Orang Ambon | |
|---|---|
Ambon bride and groom in traditional costumes. | |
| Total population | |
| c. 1.590.000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia Netherlands Suriname | |
| Indonesia (Maluku) | c. 1.500.000 |
| Netherlands | c. 90.000 |
| Languages | |
| Ambonese Malay, Indonesian (in Indonesia), Dutch (in Netherlands) | |
| Religion | |
| Islam and Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Melanesians, Polynesians, Moluccans, Malagasy | |
The Ambonese (Ambonese: Orang Ambon) are an ethnic group of mixed Austronesian and Melanesian origin from Ambon Island in Maluku, an island group in Indonesia located between Sulawesi and New Guinea. They also live on the southwest of Seram Island, which is part of the Moluccas, Java, Western New Guinea, and other regions of Indonesia. Additionally, there are about 35,000 Ambonese people living in the Netherlands. By the end of the 20th century, there were 258,331 (2007 census) Ambonese people living in Ambon, Maluku. The Ambonese are largely Muslim and Christian.