page_title: Bacan Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Bacan Islands
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Maluku Islands
context_page_description: The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous and forested, lying south of Ternate and southwest of Halmahera. The islands are administered by the South Halmahera Regency of North Maluku Province.
  Bacan, formerly also known as Bachian or Batchian, is the group's largest island. The second and third largest islands are Kasiruta and Mandioli. Bacan includes about 60,000 people of which about 8,000 live in the capital Labuha; it is subdivided into 7 districts. Kasiruta and Mandioli each have over 8,000 inhabitants, and each is subdivided into 2 districts. A fourth island, Batan Lomang, forms a 12th district within the group. There are dozens of smaller islands in the group, which had a total population of 84,075 at the 2010 Census.
context_section_description: The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous and forested, lying south of Ternate and southwest of Halmahera. The islands are administered by the South Halmahera Regency of North Maluku Province.
  Bacan (Dutch: Batjan), formerly also known as Bachian or Batchian, is the group's largest island. The second and third largest islands are Kasiruta and Mandioli. Bacan includes about 60,000 people of which about 8,000 live in the capital Labuha; it is subdivided into 7 districts. Kasiruta and Mandioli each have over 8,000 inhabitants, and each is subdivided into 2 districts. A fourth island, Batan Lomang, forms a 12th district within the group. There are dozens of smaller islands in the group, which had a total population of 84,075 at the 2010 Census.
caption: The position of the Bacans in the Moluccas
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