Sanana is also the name of that island's largest settlement, home to the Dutch era fort Benteng De Verwachting.

[5] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the number of villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district.

Sanana airport is linked to Ambon by Trigana Air Service flights.

[6] As was common throughout Maluku at that time, Sanana suffered serious religio-ethnic tensions between Muslims and Christians during 1999.

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