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About Tiakur
Tiakur is a kelurahan and the regency seat of Southwest Maluku Regency in Maluku, Indonesia. The town was purposely built as the capital of the Southwest Maluku Regency following its creation in 2008. It was created as the result of a political debate during the creation of the regency, although smaller than the larger and more developed town of the regency, Wonreli on Kisar Island. The town is located mainly within the boundaries of Tiakur kelurahan, with a population of 4,227 as of 2022.
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History
Before the town was built, Moa Island was relatively underdeveloped and sparsely populated. The town was a result of years of political debates among the officials and later division among inhabitants of the region who initiated the creation of Southwest Maluku Regency. The idea of new town being built for the regency seat was first spouted on 6 December 2001, during the Southwest Autonomy Council's first congress. The Southwest Autonomy Council was created by several figures from the region after they were dissatisfied with the perceived domination of Tanimbar Islanders in politics, with the goal of creating their own new regency. The council however, was divided into two factions, with representatives from the Southernmost Islands District wanting Wonreli to be the capital of the new regency, while the other two districts, Babar Islands and Leti Moa Lakor, wanted the capital to be in Moa Island. To finalize the formation of the regency, the council decided to postpone the matter of the capital until much later.
From the History section of Tiakur on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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