Kai Kecil

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Kei Kecil ( Kai Kecil, Kai Ketjil, small or low Kei, locally: Nuhu Roa ) is an island of the Kei islands in the archipelago of the Moluccas. The name comes probably from the Portuguese ago who took this island as the first possession. Since the island is very rocky and the Portuguese word Kayo as much as "stone" or "rock" means this derivation is closest. The island is flat unlike other Molucca islands, only two smaller surveys are the exception. The island is known for its extraordinary beaches and beautiful coral reefs.

Geography

Kei Kecil is one of the big three of the Kei Islands, lying to the east of the archipelago. To the east lie the islands of Kei and Kei Besar Dullah. To the west and north numerous smaller islands. Kei Kecil part of the administrative district ( kabupaten ) Maluku Tenggara Maluku province.

The north of the island forms the subdistrict Kei Kecil with the island's capital Langgur and the airport of the archipelago. Kei Kecil Barat is the sub-district in the southwest of Kei Kecil. Capital of the subdistrict is Ohoira. The south-east of Kei Kecil Kei Kecil is the subdistrict with the main town Rumat Timur ( Rummat ).

Kei Kecil, in contrast to most other islands in the archipelago, and largely cut down flat.

Population

The native population consists of Melanesians who have mixed with Malay ethnic groups. Land is mostly arable land of the village community and the person who manages it. The inhabitants of Kei Kecil traditionally speak the Austronesian language Kei ( Saumlaki, Veveu Evav ). The population is predominantly Roman Catholic, some of them Muslim. Langgur the center of Christians is on the Kei Islands.