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On account of Bintan Island's strategic location and size on the India-China trade route, it has a rich history. Along with the local ethnic Malays and the Bugis, domination by the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Arabs, and the British at different times have been a part of Bintan's rich history. Many local internal feuds between the Malays and ...
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 ...
Location map Indonesia Bintan.png Module:Location map/data/Indonesia Bintan is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Bintan Island . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Map of China. This is a list of islands of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Islands that are claimed by the PRC, including those under the control of the Republic of China and those disputed with other countries, are noted after the list.
With strategic geographical location (between South China Sea, Malacca Strait and Karimata Strait) and supported by an abundance of natural potential, Riau Islands could possibly become one of the economic growth centers for Indonesia in the future, especially now that in some areas of the Riau Islands (Batam, Bintan and Karimun), a pilot ...
BANGKOK (AP) — China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of ...
The archipelago is located on the north opening of Karimata Strait which separates Borneo and Belitung island. Geographically it is part of the Tudjuh Archipelago, and administratively forms a district (kecamatan) of Bintan Regency within the Riau Islands Province. It covers a land area of 90.4 km 2 and had a population of 4,960 in mid 2022. [1]
The contested island is roughly equidistant from the coast of Vietnam and China's island province of Hainan. So far China has built a 600-metre-long runway, enough to accommodate turboprop ...