Sula Islands
Sula Islands Pre-Indonesian Independence saw the Sula Islands also known as the Xulla Islands, with Taliabo as Xulla Taliabo, Sanana as Xulla Bessi, and Mangola as Xulla Mangola. Following the removal of 7 districts to create a separate Taliabu Island Regency in 2013, the residual Kepulauan Sula Regency is divided into 12 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population. The Dutch built a fort on Sanana in 1652. Wallace visited the islands during an ornithological expedition in 1862. According to government data Sula Islands District's food crops include vegetables, groundnuts, cassava, sweet potatoes, durian, mangosteen and mango. As of 2005 the area of agriculturally active land was 24743.56 hectares with production amounting to 33,608.62 tons per year. Taliabu-Sanana District is the main producer of cloves, nutmeg, cocoa, copra and other coconut products. Fishery production is very diverse with and estimated sustainable potential of 40,273.91 tonnes p...