Amurang

Amurang lies on the northern coast of Sulawesi beside the mouth of the Ranoyapo River. Its shore forms part of the Minahasa country, facing the Celebes Sea. In the seventeenth century the expanding kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow brought Amurang, known in its history as Umuda, and settlements along the Ranoyapo under its influence. Farther east, the Spanish presence at Manado and the subsequent arrival of the Dutch changed the balance among the powers of the peninsula.