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This paper is a very preliminary study on maritime ethnic life in Indonesia is more represented in small city islands, so called concept of ?Metro Island?. Areas of this study is Sapeken Island has an area of 65.14 hectares with a population of 8,312 inhabitants which means that the population density of this island is equivalent to 12,700 people/km2 which is a very high density class, even more than other big cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta or Surabaya. Label of ?Metro Island? adopted the parameters of life in a city such as demographic issues, ethnically diverse, and the existence of culture among ethnic acculturation or cultural fusion accordance with the conditions of cities in mainland.
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