Halmahera (also Jilolo or Gilolo)'s the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It's part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia. Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km² (6,865 sq mi) and a population in 1995 of 162,728. About half of its inhabitants are Muslim and about half are Christian. History Sparsely-populated Halmahera's fortunes have long been closely tied to those of the smaller islands of Ternate and Tidore, both off its west coast. These islands were both the sites of major ki… (More on Halmahera)