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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 ...
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 ...
Following the attack, Dom Pedro de Lima (brother of Dom Paulo de Lima) also sacked Bintan, then a vassal of Johor. [31] After the fall of Malacca in 1511, the Riau islands became the centre of political power of the mighty Sultanate of Johor or Johor-Riau, based on Bintan Island, and were for long considered the centre of Malay culture. [32]
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 ...
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]
Red circle around the Riau archipelago, within Riau Islands Province (green) 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.
The Batam-Bintan Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Batam-Bintan), also known as the Babin Bridge (from Batam and Bintan) is a proposed series of cable-stayed bridges crossing the Riau Strait between the islands of Batam and Bintan in the Riau Islands of Indonesia, near Singapore. [2]
The early kingdom led by Gocah Pahlawan was then called the Bintan Kingdom. [1] Its initial territory was from the border of the Tamiang river to the Rokan Pasir Ayam Denak river. [4] With the help of the Karo chieftains, he expanded his power to Percut and other areas in Deli. [4]