Run (island)

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Run

A view of the coast
Run in the west of the Banda Islands
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	4°33′25.87″S 129°41′01.63″E / 4.5571861°S 129.6837861°E / -4.5571861; 129.6837861
Archipelago	Maluku Islands
Area	13.16 km2 (5.08 sq mi)
Administration
Indonesia
Province	Maluku
Regency	Central Maluku
Demographics
Population	1,572 (mid 2022)
Pop. density	119.5/km2 (309.5/sq mi)
Additional information
Time zone	IEST (UTC+09:00)

Run (also known as Pulau Run, Pulo Run, Puloroon, or Rhun^[1] – pulau is 'island' in Indonesian) is one of the smallest islands of the Banda Islands, which are a part of the Moluccas, Indonesia. It is located within Banda District (kecamatan) in Central Maluku Regency.

In 1616, fearing the Dutch, the natives of the island pledged their allegiance to the employees of English East India Company, who accepted it on behalf of the Crown. According to historian John Keay who considers Pulo Run as the genesis of the British Empire: "As the island of Runnymede is to British constitutional history, so the island of Run is to British imperial history".^[2] In the 17th century, the tiny island of Run was of great economic importance because of the value of the spices it produced: nutmeg and mace.