Northern Sulawesi

Northern Sulawesi is the home of the Minahasa people. Originally the sultans of Ternate and Tidore ruled over parts of this area. The Dutch first arrived here in 1679. Today many Minahasans around Manado are Christians.

About the same time the Dutch arrived in the Sangir and Talaud islands.

to Kalimantan

to Sulawesi Selatan

to Maluku

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