Bangka Belitung

Bangka Belitung
Basic data
Area :	16,424 km²
Residents :	1,379,767
Population density :	84 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Pingkal Pinang
governor	Erzaldi Rosman Djohan
Location in Indonesia
Website :	www.babelprov.go.id

Bangka-Belitung is an Indonesian group of islands and at the same time a province ( Kepulauan Bangka Belitung ). It consists of the two main islands Bangka and Belitung and was separated from the Sumatra Selatan province in 2000 . The archipelago includes 575 islands.

Administrative division

Code Wilayah area code	coat of arms	Kabupaten / Kota administrative district / city	Ibu Kota seat of government!	Kecamatan Sub- District	Keluruhan / Desa municipality	Area [km²]	Population [2019]	Inh. / Km² [2019]
19.01		Kab. Bangka	Sungai Liat	8th	19/62	2,950.68	317.052	107.5
19.05		Kab. Bangka Barat	Mentok	6th	4/60	2,820.61	197,066	69.9
19.03		Kab. Bangka Selatan	Toboali	8th	3/50	3,607.08	176,658	49.0
April 19		Kab. Bangka Tengah	Koba	6th	7/56	2,155.77	182.286	84.6
19.02		Kab. Belitung	Tanjung Panda	5	7/42	2,293.61	169.053	73.7
19.06		Kab. Belitung Timur	Manggar	7th	- / 39	2,506.91	124.079	49.5
19.71		Kota Pangkal Pinang	Pangkal Pinang	7th	42 / -	89.40	213,573	2389.0
19th	Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung		Pangkal Pinang	47	82/309	16,424.06	1,379,767	84.0

Source: Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri RI Nomor 72 Tahun 2019 (ordinance of the Minister of the Interior of October 2019):

The population information is based on updates by the regional civil registration offices and comes from the first half of 2019.

population

92% of the population are Muslims, 6% are Christians. There are minorities of Hindus and Buddhists.

history

The islands were given to the British in 1812 by the Sultan of Palembang , who exchanged them with the Dutch in 1814 for possessions in India . They have been part of independent Indonesia since 1949. Law No. 27 of the year 2000 of December 4, 2000 declared the archipelago to be the 31st province of Indonesia. Originally it consisted only of the two administrative districts (islands) Bangka in the west and Belitung in the east, as well as the capital Pangkal Pinang on the larger island of Bangka. In February 2003, four more administrative districts were formed by Law No. 5.

economy

The islands play an important role due to their tin occurrence. This raw material has been extracted since the 18th century, and the Indonesian government has a monopoly on extraction and processing to this day. Environmental protection organizations criticize enormous pollution and a lack of social standards for workers.