Bengkalis (island)
| Bengkalis | ||
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| Waters | Strait of Malacca | |
| Geographical location | 1 ° 29 ′ N , 102 ° 19 ′ E | |
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| length | 67 km | |
| width | 19.5 km | |
| surface | 929 km² | |
| Residents | approx. 100,000 108 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Bengkalis | |
Bengkalis ( Indonesian Pulau Bengkalis ) is an Indonesian island off the east coast of Sumatra in the Strait of Malacca .
geography
The island is 67 km long, almost 20 km wide and consistently flat. With an area of 929 km² it is the fourth largest of a whole series of islands lying off the east coast of Sumatra, each separated by an inlets just a few kilometers wide: the island of Rupat is about 60 km to the north-west and the island is immediately to the south Padang . Southwest of Bengkalis lies Sumatra, from which it is separated by the Bengkalis Strait, and to the north begins the open Strait of Malacca.
administration
Administratively, the island of Bengkalis belongs to the administrative district of the same name ( Kabupaten ) Bengkalis of the province of Riau and consists of the two sub-districts ( Kecamatan ) Bengkalis in the south and Bantan in the north. The largest and most important city is Bengkalis with around 67,000 inhabitants on the southwest coast of the island, which is also the capital of the administrative district.
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNEP Islands (English)