Bintan
| Bintan | |
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| Waters | South China Sea |
| Archipelago | Riau Islands |
| Geographical location | 1 ° 5 ′ N , 104 ° 29 ′ E |
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| surface | 1 173 km² |
| Highest elevation | Bintan-besar 348 m |
| main place | Tanjung Pinang |
Bintan ( Indonesian Pulau Bintan ) is the largest of the Indonesian Riau Islands, southeast of Singapore in the Malay Archipelago .
geography
Bintan is located off the east coast of Sumatra and southeast of Singapore, south of the Malay Peninsula and east of the Indonesian islands of Batam and Rempang . The area of the island covers 1173 km², its coastline 246.2 km. The highest point is the Bintan with 348 m .
The administrative district ( Kabupaten ) Bintan is divided into the districts ( Kecamatan ):
- Teluk Bintan in the north on the south coast of Bintan
- North Bintan ( Bintan Utara ) to the west of Bintan
- Teluk Sebong in the north of Bintan
- Seri Kuala Lobam to the west of Bintan
- East Bintan ( Bintan Timur ) in the southeast of Bintan
- Gunung Kinjang to the east of Bintan
- Mantang , south of Bintan the islands Mantang, Telang , Koyan , the south of the island Kelong and some other small islets
- Bintan Pesisir , several islands southeast of Bintan, including Buton , Numbing , Gin Kecil , Gin Besar , Poto , Pangkil Besar and Mapur
- Toapaya in the center of Bintan
- Tambelan Islands , archipelago east of Bintan
Tanjung Pinang in the south is the island's capital and also the capital of the Riau Islands province .
traffic
There are ferry connections with Singapore and Batam.
economy
Tourism and industry are important economic factors. In the northern part of the island there is the resort - "enclave" Bintan Resorts . Under Bintan Resorts is meant an area separated from the rest of the island area along almost the entire northern coast of the island, consisting of four designer golf courses and ten holiday resorts belonging to companies such as Swiss-Belhotel , Banyan Tree Holdings and Club Med .
Bintan supplies Singapore with drinking water through an undersea pipeline. When the drinking water reservoirs were built in the early 1990s, six villages with over 2,000 families were resettled, but the compensation was insufficient. During protests in January 2000, demonstrators cut the power supply to an industrial settlement, while others occupied tourist facilities. They demanded higher, retrospective compensation for the expropriations. The protests were put down and one person was shot.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ islands.unep.ch
- ↑ List of the administrative units of Indonesia down to the Desas 2010 ( Memento of March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6 MB).
- ↑ map of districts Bintans .
- ^ Jan Boonstra: Singapore Cycling - Bintan. user.chollian.net, October 2004, archived from the original on June 15, 2012 ; Retrieved June 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Homepage Bintan Resorts - About Us. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ iias.nl ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
