Taliabu

Taliabu is the westernmost of the Sula Islands, a mountainous island between Sulawesi and the Moluccas. Communities from neighboring Mangole and Sulabesi have long inhabited its southern coast, while its interior is crossed by rivers and covered in forest. Sago grows on the island and has long been an important food in this part of eastern Indonesia. The Sula group fell within the changing sphere of the Sultanate of Ternate.