Riau Islands
| Riau Islands | |
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| Waters | South China Sea |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 5 ′ N , 104 ° 6 ′ E |
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| Main island | Bintan and Batam |
The Riau Islands ( Indonesian Kepulauan Riau ) are an Indonesian group of islands off the east coast of Sumatra in the Malay Archipelago .
Together with the Lingga , Anambas and Natuna Islands, they form the province of the same name Riau Islands ( Provinsi Kepulauan Riau ).
geography
The archipelago lies south of the Strait of Singapore in the transition from the South China Sea to the Strait of Malacca . Singapore is located north of the Riau Islands and the Lingga Islands to the south.
The largest (and eastern) island of the archipelago is 1866 km² Bintan , populous island Batam , on the same city Batam is located, with over 1 million inhabitants, is the economic center of the archipelago. Other large islands in the west are Karimun and Kundur off the coast of Sumatra. Then, stretching east to south of Singapore, Sugibawah and Durian Besah , Sugi , Combol and Citlim , Kapalajernih , Bulan , Rempang and Galang . The main town of the archipelago and also the province is Tanjung Pinang on Bintan.
history
The islands belonged together with Temasek ( Singapore ) to the Sultanate of Johor . In the early 19th century, rivaled Netherlands with the UK and marginalized its influence in the British-Dutch Treaty of 1824 from: Singapore remained the British sphere assigned to the Riau Archipelago of the Dutch. The islands became part of the Kingdom of Riau Lingga and later taken over by the Dutch East India Company . With independence in 1949 they belong to Indonesia.
In 1989, the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew , proposed a SIJORI (Singapore, Johor , Riau) growth triangle and a partnership agreement was signed. This is intended to promote the region's economic development, but some also believe that it will enable Singapore to better exploit the resources, especially the Riau Islands.
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