Groote Oost

The Groote Oost (English: Great East) was a government in the Dutch East Indies between 1938 and ?. Its capital was Makassar.

Regions

The Groote Oost government consisted of the following islands and locales:

• the island of Sulawesi (formerly called Celebes), which was divided into Celebes en Onderhoorigheden (capital: Makassar) and Manado for administrative purposes
• the Lesser Sunda Islands, which was administered from the cities of Singaraja and Kupang
• Moluccas (established 1935); the capital city was Ambon. New Guinea was part of this administrative region until after the World War II

The Groote Oost was ruled by a governor.

See also

• State of East Indonesia

Bibliography

• Elout, Cornelis Karel (1930), De Groote Oost, The Hague: N.V. Boekhandel v/h W.P. Van Stockum & Zoon.