Masohi is a town in the central part of the Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n island of Seram

Seram

Seram is an island in the Maluku province of Indonesia. It is located north of Ambon Island. The chief port/town is Masohi.- Geography and geology :...

. It is the capital of the Central Maluku Regency

Central Maluku Regency

Central Maluku Regency is a regency of Maluku, Indonesia. The principal town lies at Masohi....

 (Kebupaten Maluku Tengah) and has been designated as the capital http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/75398/masohi-to-be-malukus-new-provincial-capital of Maluku province after its move from Ambon, scheduled for 2012. It was the site of a detention camp for political prisoners in the 1970s. Masohi is located 2467 kilometers from Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

. The headquarters of Manusela National Park

Manusela National Park

Manusela National Park is located on Seram island, in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia. It is made up of coastal forest, swamp forest, lowland and montane rainforest ecosystem types. Mount Binaiya at 3,027 meters, is the highest of the park's six mountains...

 is located in Masohi.

Coordinates:

• Latitude: -3.33 (3° 19' 60 S)
• Longitude 128.92 (128° 55' 0 E)

Christian-Muslim violence

The Maluku sectarian conflict

Maluku sectarian conflict

Sectarian conflict in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia between 1999 and 2002 killed thousands of people and displaced over 1/2 million.In the late 1990s, Indonesia was experiencing the devastating economic and political effects of the East Asian Financial Crisis which affected Indonesia more than...

 impacted Masohi at the end of 1999 and in early 2000.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ambon/message/3951 A fresh outbreak of violence occurred in 2008 in Masohi over alleged blasphemy by a teacher. Dozens of houses were burnt, as well as a church and a village hall. Five injuries were reported.http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/12/10/church-homes-burned-masohi-blasphemy-riot.htmlhttp://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/12/24/masohi-residents-reject-outside-brass.htmlhttp://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/01/03/ampera-village-an-oasis-a-former-battlefield.htmlhttp://www.opensubscriber.com/message/zamanku@yahoogroups.com/5029257.html

Transportation

• Roads run east and west along the coast from Masohi. Another road goes over the mountains to Wahai on the north coast.
• An airport exists here, linking Masohi with Ambon and Banda
  Banda Islands
  The Banda Islands are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about south of Seram Island and about east of Java, and are part of the Indonesian province of Maluku. The main town and administrative centre is Bandanaira, located on the island of the same name. They rise...
  
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• The sea port serves boats arriving from Ambon, Saparua
  Saparua
  Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua.Saparua was the location of Indonesian national hero, Pattimura's rebellion against Dutch forces.Paperu is a village on the island....
  
  and other parts of the Moluccas.

Around Masohi

Points of interest include the cave Goa Akohi (near Tamilouw village) and a small lake, Ihu Allah.

External links

• the Mother Island of Central Maluku