Batchian
or BATJAN, one of the Moluccas, W. of the southern peninsula of the island of Gilolo. Area, 914 square miles; pop. about 13,000. It belongs to BATES BATAVIA, a city and seaport of the Dutch residency of Ternate, consists of two peninsulas joined by a narrow isthmus, and has many mountains.
Batchian produces gold, copper, much coal, sago, cocoanut trees, rice, cloves, and fine timber.