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{{Short description|Island in Indonesia}}
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{{Infobox island
|name = Salawati
|coordinates = {{coord|1|6|24|S|130|51|59|E|type:isle_dim:50km_region:ID_source:nlwiki|display=inline,title}}
|image_map =
|map_caption = Location in the Raja Ampat Archipelago
|pushpin_map = Indonesia Raja Ampat#Indonesia Western New Guinea
|pushpin_map_alt = Location of Salawati in eastern Indonesia
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Raja Ampat Islands]]##Location in [[Western New Guinea]]
|archipelago = [[Raja Ampat Islands]]
|area_km2 = 1623
|country = [[Indonesia]]
|country_admin_divisions_title = Province
|country_admin_divisions = [[Southwest Papua]]
|area_footnotes = {{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
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[[File:Karta ID RajaAmpat Isl.PNG|thumb|250px|The [[Raja Ampat Islands]]]]
'''Salawati''' is one of the four major islands in the [[Raja Ampat Islands]] in [[Southwest Papua]] (formerly [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]]), [[Indonesia]]. Its area is 1,623&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Salawati is separated from [[New Guinea]] to the southeast by the [[Sele Strait]] (a.k.a. Galowa Strait, Revenges Strait), and from [[Batanta]] to the north by the [[Pitt Strait (Indonesia)|Pitt Strait]] (a.k.a. Sagewin Strait).
== History ==
Islam first arrived in the Raja Ampat archipelago in the 15th century due to political and economic contacts with the [[Sultanate of Bacan|Bacan Sultanate]].<ref name=":0">Wanggai, Toni V. M. (2008). [https://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/bitstream/123456789/7292/1/Toni%20Victor%20M.%20Wanggai_Rekonstruksi%20Sejarah%20Umat%20Islam%20di%20Tanah%20Papua.pdf Rekonstruki sejarah umat Islam di tanna Papua] [Reconstruction of the History of lslam in Papua]. Syariff Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-13.</ref> During the 16th and 17th centuries, the [[Sultanate of Tidore]] had close economic ties with the island.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Slama, Martin (2015), "[https://books.google.com/books?id=JEp1rgEACAAJ Papua as an Islamic Frontier: Preaching in 'the Jungle' and the Multiplicity of Spatio-Temporal Hierarchisations", ''From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities''], ANU Press, pp. 243–270, {{ISBN|978-1-925022-43-8}}</ref> The name of the island comes from ''[[Salawat|Shalawat]]'' which was spoken by the Sultan of Bacan as he arrived on the island and memorialized as 'Salawati'.<ref name=":0"/> During this period, Islam became firmly established, and local chiefs began adopting Islam.<ref name=":1" /> On this island also once stood an Islamic kingdom named [[Salawati Kingdom]] which was founded by Fun Malaban.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slideshare.net/FitriHastuti2/sejarah-kerajaan-salawati-sosial-ekonomi-dan-politiknya|title=Sejarah Kerajaan Salawati Sosial Ekonomi dan Politiknya|website=www.slideshare.net|language=id|access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> The southern part of the island is the region of [[Sailolof Kingdom]] based in [[Sailolof]], which was founded by Fun Mo, a [[Moi people|Moi]] not related to the other kings but later married Pinfun Libit, daughter of Waigeo's king.<ref name="Mansoben1995pp232-246">{{cite book |last=Mansoben |first=Johszua Robert |author-link= |date=1995 |title=Sistem Politik Tradisional Di Irian Jaya |url= |location=Jakarta |publisher=LIPI - RUL 1995 |pages=232–246|isbn=979-8258-06-1}}</ref>
==Administration==
Salawati Island (with small offshore islets) comprises five administrative districts (''kecamatan'') of Southwest Papua Province. The northern part of the island is divided into North Salawati (''Salawati Utara''), West Salawati (''Salawati Barat''), and Central Salawati (''Salawati Tengah'') districts of [[Raja Ampat Regency]], while the southern part is divided into South Salawati (''Salawati Selatan'') and Central Salawati (''Salawati Tengah'') districts of [[Sorong Regency]]. Note that the name of Central Salawati District is held by two different districts in adjacent parts of the two regencies. Altogether the five districts cover an area of 1,623 km<sup>21</sup>, and had a combined population of 8,739 in mid 2023.<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.</ref>
==Pulau Salawati Utara Nature Reserve==
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| name = Pulau Salawati Utara Nature Reserve
| alt_name = Cagar Alam Pulau Salawati Utara
| iucn_category =  Ia
| iucn_ref = <ref name = protected>"Pulau Salawati Utara". ''Protected Planet''. Accessed 8 August 2021. [https://www.protectedplanet.net/8114]</ref>
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'''Pulau Salawati Utara Nature Reserve''' covers much of the northern portion of the island, with an area of 570 km<sup>2</sup> on the northern portion of the island. It protects part of the island's native [[Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests|lowland rainforest]].<ref name = protected/>
== References ==
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[[Category:Raja Ampat Islands]]
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