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Uma houses are traditional vernacular houses found on the western part of the island of Siberut in Indonesia.The island is part of the Mentawai islands off the west coast of Sumatra.
Barelang Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Barelang) is a chain of 6 bridges of various types that connected the Barelang island group of Riau Archipelago built in 1997. The smaller islands of Tonton, Nipah, and Setotok (considered parts of the Batam island group) connect Batam and Rempang, while a further small island - Galang Baru - is connected at the southern end of the chain.
A Rumah Gadang serves as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. In the matrilineal Minangkabau society, the Rumah Gadang is owned by the women of the family who live there; ownership is passed from mother to daughter. The houses have a dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tiered, upswept gables.
Batam, officially the City of Batam (Indonesian: Kota Batam, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang and Galang (collectively called Barelang ), as well as Bulang to the west and ...
Totaling 7,035 meters (23,081 ft), the construction of the bridge will involve three separate sections spanning four islands: from Batam to Tanjung Sauh (2,124 meters (6,969 ft)), from Tanjung Sauh to Buau (4,056 meters (13,307 ft)) and from Buau to Bintan (855 meters (2,805 ft)). [5] If built, it will become the longest bridge in Indonesia. [6]
Meisterstadt, also known as Pollux Habibie, is a mixed real estate development at Batam Center, Batam, Riau Islands.The development consists of eleven towers, eight residential tower, a mixed office and hotel building, a hospital, a university with a mall, below the towers and shop-houses with green public spaces, envisioned as an integrated vertical city. [4]
[1] [13] The earliest history of Bintan is linked to the history of Nagoya Hills, which is integral with Batam, near Bintan island and other islands of the Riau archipelago. The Chinese chronicles have mentioned that Batam was inhabited by 231 AD when Singapore island was still called Pulau Ujung (Ujung Island).
The Lelang Commandery was a commandery of the Han dynasty established after it had conquered Wiman Joseon in 108 BC and lasted until Goguryeo conquered it in 313. [1] The Lelang Commandery extended the rule of the Four Commanderies of Han as far south as the Han River in present-day South Korea .