Ambon
Ambon is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Maluku.
This city is also known as Ambon Manise, which means "beautiful" or "pretty" Ambon in the Ambonese language. It covers a land area of 359.45 square kilometres (138.78 sq mi), and had a population of 331,254 at the 2010 Census and 347,288 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2024 was 357,289. The city is divided into five administrative districts – namely Nusaniwe, Sirimau, Teluk Ambon, Baguala and Leitimur Selatan. Known as Indonesia's music city, Ambon became the first city in Southeast Asia to be recognised as the UNESCO City of Music in 2019.
Getting around Ambon the local way
- Get aroundAngkot (public transport minivans, locally called Oto) with fixed routes take people around the island.
- Get aroundBecak (bicycle rickshaws) are good for shorter distances downtown.
- Get aroundThere are many ojek (passenger motorcycles) around the island.
- Get aroundAlso, an online ojek called Gojek is available there.
From Wikivoyage: Ambon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.