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The Orang Laut language or Loncong, is one of the Malayic languages. It is one of several native languages of Orang Laut ('Sea People') of the Bangka and Belitung islands in Indonesia, and may be two distinct languages. Anderbeck considers there to be an Orang Laut genetic grouping of languages, which includes the Kedah, Riau, and Sekak subgroups.
For hundreds of years, the loyalty of the Orang laut to the Malay rulers of the Malacca Sultanate was a decisive factor in the preservation and prosperity of the kingdom. The Orang laut of Malacca, or as they were called Orang Selat ("Strait people" or "People of the Straits"), were well known to the first European colonizers. Portuguese ...
The Battle of Arafura Sea (Indonesian: Pertempuran Laut Aru), also known as the Battle of Vlakke Hoek (Dutch: Slag bij Vlakke Hoek), was a naval battle in the Vlakke Hoek Bay (Etna Bay) of the Arafura Sea in Western New Guinea on 15 January 1962, between Indonesia and the Netherlands.
The 2023 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I (officially known as the BNI Indonesia Masters I 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at GOR PBSI Pancing in Medan, Indonesia, from 5 to 10 September 2023 and had a total purse of $100,000.
Highest point; Elevation: 305 m (1,001 ft) Coordinates: Naming; English translation: The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one.
The Arafura Sea is bordered by the Gulf of Carpentaria and the continent of Australia to the south, the Timor Sea to the west, the Banda and Seram seas to the northwest, and the Torres Strait to the east.
The district covers an area of 170.79 km 2 (65.94 sq mi) which lies immediately to the east of the city of Medan.At the 2010 Census it had 384,672 inhabitants [3] and at the 2020 Census 402,468 inhabitants, [4] making it one of the most populated districts in Indonesia; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 416,715 - comprising 209,536 males and 207,179 females.
The Celebes Sea (/ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ b iː z, s ə ˈ l iː b i z / SEL-ib-eez, sə-LEE-beez; [1] Filipino: Dagat Selebes) or Sulawesi Sea (Malay: Laut Sulawesi; Indonesian: Laut Sulawesi) of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa ...