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The city of Bintan was located on a small island, connected by a fortified bridge to a larger crescent-shaped island that surrounded it. The Portuguese found its main defenses to be the mangrove swamps that made landings perilous, complemented by a moat surrounding the city, poisoned timber stakes, and a tall stockade furnished with artillery ...
Bintan's land area is 1,173 square kilometres (453 sq mi) (total area is 60,057 square kilometres (23,188 sq mi) including 96% sea area). [5] Its administrative region is designated the Bintan Regency, one of the six administrative regencies of the Riau Islands province. The city of Tanjung Pinang is an autonomous area geographically within ...
Bintan Regency (originally the Riau Islands Regency; Indonesian: Kabupaten Kepulauan Riau) [2] [3] is an administrative area in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia.Bintan Regency includes all of Bintan Island (except for the city of Tanjung Pinang which is separately administered as an autonomous area of the island) and also includes many outlying islands including the Tambelan Archipelago ...
Tanjungpinang, also colloquially written as Tanjung Pinang, is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Riau Islands.It covers a land area of 144.56 km 2, mainly in the southern part of Bintan Island, as well as other smaller islands such as Dompak Island and Penyengat Island. [4]
Bintan Resorts encompasses 18,000 hectares of land and has over a dozen hotels, serviced apartments, golf courses, restaurants, and parks. [4]Local hospitality company Nirwana Gardens operates five properties clustered in the northwesternmost part of the area: Nirwana Resort Hotel, Mayang Sari Beach Resort, Banyu Biru Villas, Indra Maya Pool Villas, and the now-closed Nirwana Beach Club.
LooLa Adventure Resort is a resort in southeast Bintan, Indonesia. It was established in August 1999 by Dr. Marc van Loo and Isabelle Lacoste and uses local materials. It was established in August 1999 by Dr. Marc van Loo and Isabelle Lacoste and uses local materials.
It was then a part of the Bintan Beach International Resort, where it remained in operation until January 2007. Since 1995, [ 4 ] the Bintan location hosted the Mana Mana Amslam, its annual windsurfing event, seen by more than 150 million viewers on cable sports channels around the world and in the last two years, it also hosted kite surfing ...
The destruction of Pago did not stop the raids. In 1521, the Captain of Malacca Jorge de Albuquerque made preparations to attack the island of Bintan, he mustered a force of 600 men and 18 ships [3] [4] he was joined by Antonio de Brito who was already in Pasai reinforcing the fortress with 3 ships and leaving some men there in case of attack [5] [6] Bintan was about 40 leagues from Malacca ...