What is Buru?
{{Infobox islands |name = Buru |image_name = Topographic map of Buru-en.svg |image_caption = |map_image = ID Buru.PNG |native_name = |native_name_link = |location = [[Oceania]] |coordinates= {{coord|3|24|S|126|40|E|region:ID_type:isle_scale:2500000}} |archipelago = [[Maluku Islands]] |total_islands = |major_islands = |area_km2 = 9,505 |highest_mount = [[Mount Kapalatmada]] |elevation_m = 2428 |country = Indonesia |country_admin_divisions_title = Province |country_admin_divisions = [[Maluku (province)|Maluku]] |population = 186,779 |population_as_of = 2015 Census |density_km2 =19.65 |ethnic_groups =[[Buru people|Buru]], [[Lisela people|Lisela]], [[Ambelau people|Ambelau]], [[Kayeli people|Kayeli]] |timezone1=[[Time in Indonesia|IEST]]|utc_offset1=+09:00|country_admin_divisions_title_1=Regencies|country_admin_divisions_1=Buru, South Buru}} '''Buru''' is an island in Indonesia. About a third of the people are [[indigenous]], mostly [[Buru people|Buru]], but also [[Lisela people|Lisela]], [[Ambelau people|Ambelau]] and [[Kayeli people]]. Between 1658 and 1942, Buru was colonised by the [[Dutch East India Company]] and then by the [[Crown of the Netherlands]]. The Japanese army had the island between 1942 and 1945. In 1950, it became part of independent Indonesia. During president [[Suharto]]'s [[Orde Baru|New Order]] administration in the 1960s–1970s, Buru was a prison for thousands of political prisoners. The famous Indonesian writer [[Pramoedya Ananta Toer]] wrote most of his novels, including ''[[Buru Quartet]]'' in that prison. ==Geography and geology== [[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'De 'Taliwang' ter hoogte van de steiger in Namlea' TMnr 10028411.jpg|thumb|left|Kayeli bay near Namlea in 1949]] [[File:Teluk Kayeli.jpg|thumb|left|Kayeli Bay]] Buru island is between two seas of the Pacific Ocean – [[Seram Sea]] ({{lang-id|Laut Seram}}) on the north and [[Banda Sea]] ({{lang-id|Laut Banda}}) to the south and west. To the east, is the Manipa Strait ({{lang-id|Selat Manipa}}) then [[Seram Island]] ({{lang-id|