Kepulauan Riau

Riau Islands
Basic data
Area :	8202 km²
Residents :	1,929,400
Population density :	235 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Tanjung Pinang
governor	Isdianto (Pelaksana Tugas)
Location in Indonesia
Website :	www.kepriprov.go.id

The Riau Islands ( Indonesian Kepulauan Riau ) form an Indonesian province between the Malay Peninsula and Borneo . The province was separated from the province of Riau in 2002 ().

geography

The province is formed from the archipelagos of the actual Riau Islands , the Anambas Islands , the Lingga Islands and the Natuna Islands . They are located in the extreme southwest of the South China Sea . The archipelago consists of around 1800 islands.

The provincial capital is Tanjung Pinang . It replaced the provisional seat of government Batam . As the largest city in the archipelago, Batam is now the economic metropolis of the archipelago and the place of residence for over half of the population.

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]
01/21		Kab. Bintan	Teluk Bintan	10	15/36	1,318.21	154.964	117.6
02/21		Kab. Karimun	Tanjung Balai Karimun	12	29/42	912.75	247,896	271.6
21.03		Kab. Natuna	Ranai	15th	7/70	2,009.04	81,542	40.6
04/21		Kab. Lingga	Daik	13	7/75	2,266.77	100,403	44.3
05/21		Kab. Kepulauan Anambas	Tarempa	9	2/52	590.14	45,845	77.7
21.71		Kota Batam	-	12	64 / -	960.25	1.0814.66	1,126.2
21.72		Kota Tanjung Pinang	-	4th	18 / -	144.56	217.284	1,503.1
21st	Provinsi Kepulauan Riau		Tanjung Pinang	75	142/275	8,201.72	1,929,400	235.2

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

The population consists of Malays and immigrant Chinese .

history

In the Middle Ages , the Riau Islands belonged to the Empire of Srivijaya , later the sultans of Malacca and Johor , the Portuguese , and later the British and the Dutch fought for supremacy before the islands finally fell to the Netherlands at the beginning of the 19th century , and this was confirmed in the British-Dutch Treaty of 1824 .

During the Second World War , the islands were occupied by the Japanese , since then they have been part of Indonesia, which became independent in 1949 .

economy

Due to its location at the east end of the Strait of Malacca and its proximity to Singapore , the province has developed into a lively industrial and tourist center. Natural gas is extracted from the Natuna Islands .

literature

Interesting facts from different areas about the province can be found in the annual e-book "Provinsi Kepulauan Riau Dalam Angka" / "Kepulauan Riau Province in Figures" in Indonesian and English as well as on the publication page of Badan Pusat Statistics (BPS) of the province.

Web links

Commons : Riau Islands  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Law No. 25 of 2002 on the formation of the province of Kepulauan Riau (indones.)
2. ↑ Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri RI Nomor 72 Tahun 2019: page 6, 1263 (indones.)
3. ↑ Provinsi Kepulauan Riau Dalam Angka 2020 (indones./engl.)
4. ↑ Publikasi

Coordinates: 1 ° 0 ′  N , 104 ° 0 ′  E