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About Galela
Galela (or actually Soa Sio, as it is called properly, with the name Galela referring to the entire district/kecamatan surrounding it), is a small town on the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera. It is located in the North Halmahera Regency, part of the province of North Maluku. Views of Mount Tarakani can be seen from the scenic coast. Galelarese constitutes an official ethnic group in North Halmhera and is also a language, spoken in the Galela region (composed of 4 administrative districts or kecamatan), neighboring parts of the Tobelo and Loloda regions, on the island of Morotai and in villages scattered in southern Halmahera as well as on Bacan and Obi.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Gamar Malamo Airport (GLX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 2 km away.
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- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Ebbenhout laden in Galela Halmahera TMnr 10013212, Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
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