:4 The settlement founded by people from Halmahera was first situated close on the hillside of the Gamalama mountain and named Tobona. Moluccan tradition says that there was an exodus of people moving out of Halmahera around 1250 due to political conflicts. The Ternate Kingdom was previously known as the Kingdom of Gapi. The term originally denoted the spice-producing islands of North Maluku, of which Ternate became the dominant one. See also: Sultanate of Ternate Early history It was the capital of the Sultanate of Ternate in the 15th and 16th centuries, and fought against the Sultanate of Tidore over control of the spice trade in the Moluccas before becoming a main interest to competing European powers. It is the biggest and most densely populated city in the province, is the economic, cultural, and education center of North Maluku, and acts as a hub to neighbouring regions. In total, the city has a land area of 162.17 square kilometres and had a total population of 185,705 according to the 2010 census, and 205,001 according to the 2020 census, with a density of 1,264 people per square kilometre the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 206,745. It is off the west coast of Halmahera, and is composed of eight islands: Ternate, the biggest and main island of the city, and Moti, Hiri, Tifure, Mayau, Makka, Mano, and Gurida.
It was the de facto provincial capital of North Maluku before Sofifi on the nearby coast of Halmahera became the capital in 2010.
Ternate, also known as the City of Ternate, is a city in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands.
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