Huidige Tijd in Ambon, Indonesië — WIT.

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.

Reading Ambon against the global hubs: Singapore (~2,765 km), Sydney (~4,116 km), Tokyo (~4,538 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~16,934 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.

Ambon sits inside Indonesië — the South-Eastern Asia subregion, capital Jakarta, languages Indonesian, currency IDR (Rp).

The closest mapped neighbors of Ambon are Amahai (91 km), Masohi (98 km), Namlea (130 km), Namrole (163 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Ambon: Labour Day, Ascension Day, Pancasila Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Indonesië.

Closest curated airport references from Ambon: UPG Makassar (969 km), SUB Surabaya (1752 km), SOC Surakarta (1974 km).

In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.