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| Marlasi Village, North Aru District |
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| Kalar-kalar Village, South of Aru District |
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| Kalar-kalar Village, South of Aru District |
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| Gaimar Village's Child, South of Aru District |
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| Gaimar Village's Child, South of Aru District |
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| Gaimar Village's Child, South of Aru District |
Aru Islands, group of about 860's low-lying islands, 3.306 sq mi (8.563 sq km) East Indonesia, in the Molucas, in the Arafura Sea, SW of New Guinea. Dobo City, the Capital of Aru Islands, the chief port of the group, is on Wamar, just off Tanahbesar. Products include sago, coconuts, tobacco, mother-of-pearl, trepang, tortoiseshell, and bird of paradise plumes. The inhabitants are of a mixed Papuan and Malay stock. The islands were discovered by the Dutch, who colonized them after 1623. Aru is another spelling.
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