Merbau (island)
Merbau | ||
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Waters | Strait of Malacca | |
Geographical location | 1 ° 2 ' N , 102 ° 32' E | |
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length | 15 km | |
width | 14 km | |
main place | Merbau |
Merbau ( Indonesian Pulau Merbau ) is an Indonesian island off the east coast of Sumatra in the Strait of Malacca .
It belongs to a series of islands lying off the east coast of Sumatra, each separated by a narrow arm of the sea. Padang is to the west of the island , Rantau to the south and Rangsang to the east . Merbau is separated from Rantau by an arm of the sea that is only around 100 meters wide and 14.3 km long, which means that Merbau does not appear as a separate island on many maps. Merbau is flat throughout.
administration
The island of Merbau together with Padang forms the sub-district ( Kecamatan ) Merbau , which in turn belongs to the administrative district ( Kabupaten ) Kepulauan Meranti of the province of Riau . In 2007 the Merbau sub-district had 47,370 inhabitants.