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Great Karimun (Indonesian: Karimun Besar), also known as Mawas Island, is one of the islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia, administratively part of Karimun Regency. It lies about 37 km southwest of Singapore , 54 km west of Batam , 24 km northeast of Rangsang Island and 32 km north of Kundur Island .
Karimunjawa Islands or Karimunjava Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Karimunjawa) is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara. [2] They have a total land area of 45.62 km 2. The main island is known as Karimun (2,700 ha), while the second-largest island is Kemujan (1,400 ha). [2]
The Karimun Regency is located in the Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. Besides the central island of Great Karimun , the regency also includes the island of Kundur and over 240 lesser islands. The district covers a land area of 1,339.9 km 2 and a sea area of 6,460 km 2 , and its population was 212,561 at the 2010 census [ 2 ] and 253,457 at ...
But for some reason his vision was vague and unclear, and thus lost track of the whereabouts of the boy on that island. In the old Javanese language, the word "vague" is translated as kerimun. Thus the island became known as "Karimun-java." [10] The boy continued his journey inland bearing two wooden staffs as walking sticks to assist his journey.
Karimun may refer to the following places in Indonesia: Great Karimun or Karimun Besar, an island of Indonesia, in the Strait of Malacca southwest of Singapore; Little Karimun or Karimun Kecil, a smaller island just northeast of Great Karimun; Karimun Regency, an administrative division of Indonesia, including Great and Little Karimun
The main islands are Batam, Rempang, Galang, Bintan, Combol, Kundur, and Karimun. Tanjung Pinang located in the south of Bintan Island is the provincial capital. Tanjung Balai Karimun is an international port along with Tanjung Pinang.
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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 ...