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The Middle Group consists of Natuna Besar or Bunguran Island, which contains the bulk of the area and population of the archipelago, together with small offshore islets and reefs; the Bodas Islands (Kepulauan Bodas) are a group of moderately high wooded islands lying close to the southwest coast of Natuna Besar, and are administratively classed ...
This is a list of regencies and cities in Riau Islands province. As of October 2019, there were 5 regencies and 2 cities. ... Tanjung Balai Karimun: ... 912,75 247. ...
Tanjung Balai Karimun (Jawi: تنجوڠ بالاي-كريماون , simplified Chinese: 丹戎巴來卡里汶; traditional Chinese: 丹戎巴萊卡里汶) often abbreviated Tg. Balai , is the main town at the southern end of the Great Karimun Island ( Pulau Karimunbesar ), part of the Karimun Regency within the Riau Islands Province of ...
The regency was originally divided into three districts (kecamatan) — Moro, Kundur and Karimun.In accordance with Law (Undang-Undang) Nomor 53 of 1999, enacted in Jakarta on 4 October 1999, these three were expanded to nine districts, with the creation of the new districts of Meral, Tebing, Buru, Kundur Utara, Kundur Barat and Durai.
The province of the Riau Islands in Indonesia is divided into regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts or kecamatan. The districts of the Riau Islands with the regency it falls into are as follows:
They only make up 29% of Riau Island population, while in Riau, they constitute a plurality, at around 45%. Riau Malays, especially in coastal Riau and Riau Islands, share the same or similar cultural, historical, and linguistic background with Johorean and Singaporean Malays due to their common Malaccan origin in the 15th century.
Riau has for centuries been the home of Malay and Orang Laut people (sea nomads). Later migrants came from southern China and Indochina, today people from a large region of Asia has settled on the Islands. The Riau archipelago is located between the China-India maritime trading route, and was early in the 14th century, together with Temasek ...
The Riau Archipelago is a geographic term (as opposed to administrative region) for the core group of islands within the Riau Islands Province in Indonesia, and located south of Singapore and east of Riau on Sumatra. Before the province of Riau Islands was formed, there was no ambiguity in term; however, in Indonesian language, both the ...