Official Name: | Piru |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Seram |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Seram Island |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Maluku |
Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
Subdivision Name2: | West Seram |
Population As Of: | mid 2022 estimate |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Total: | 16,368 |
Timezone: | WITA |
Utc Offset: | +9 |
Coordinates: | -3.0811°N 128.1411°W |
Piru is a small town and capital of the West Seram Regency on the southwestern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram.[2] At the 2020 Census, it had 16,336 inhabitants,[3] increasing to 16,368 at the mid 2022 official estimate.
On 21–22 August 1999 there was violent conflict in the area and other settlements such as Ariate, Loki, Laala and Wailissa, which resulted in 12 deaths in total on the island.[4]
Piru has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall in July and August and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.