Kayuadi Island Explained

Kayuadi Island
Native Name:	Pulau Kayuadi
Coordinates:	-6.8156°N 120.7989°W
Archipelago:	Selayar Islands

Kayuadi Island (Id:Pulau Kayuadi) is an island in the Selayar Islands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[1] Most people on the island speak Selayar.^[2] The island's economy is based around agriculture, with cassava and banana being major crops. As of 1998, the harvesting of sea cucumbers (tripang) was a major occupation.^[3] Kayuadi is one of the few islands home to a smaller subspecies of reticulated python.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pulau Kayuadi, Indonesia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates. 2020-08-05. geographic.org.
2. Beyer Broch. Herald. 1981. Cultural Variation on the Islands in the Sea of Flores. Archipel. 22. 1. 43–53. 10.3406/arch.1981.1668.
3. Liebner, Horst. "Four oral versions of a story about the origin of the Bajo people of southern Selayar." Living through histories: Culture, history and social life in south Sulawesi (1998): 107-133.
4. Web site: Reticulated Python Conservation Case Study The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. 2020-08-05. www.speciesconservation.org.