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The province of Riau in Indonesia is divided into regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts (Indonesian: kecamatan) The districts of Riau, with the regency each falls into, are as follows:
Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia. It is formerly called the first-level provincial region (provinsi daerah tingkat I) before the Reform era. Provinces have a local government, consisting of a governor (Gubernur) and a regional legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Provinsi).
Being one of the last territories merged into Indonesia, Riau was known as the daerah-daerah pulihan (recovered regions), and the Riau area became a province in August 1957 - the Dewan Riau recreated by then under the Republic as the Riau Provincial People's Representative Council (DPRD-Provinsi Riau), the provincial legislative assembly, to ...
Riau is one of the wealthiest provinces in Indonesia and is rich in natural resources, particularly petroleum, natural gas, rubber, palm oil and fibre plantations. Extensive logging and plantation development in has led to a massive decline in forest cover Riau, and associated fires have contributed to haze across the larger region .
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]
The Riau Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Riau, Jawi: كڤولاوان رياو , Chinese: 廖內群島) is a province of Indonesia—not to be confused with neighbouring Riau from which the Riau Islands Province were separated in 2002.
Indragiri Hilir (or Lower Indragiri) is the most eastern regency (kabupaten) of Riau Province, Indonesia.It is located on the island of Sumatra.The regency has an area of 13,136.14 km 2 and had a population of 661,779 at the 2010 census [2] and 654,909 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 695,571 (comprising 358,807 males and 336,764 females). [1]
This type of city and regency in Indonesia is only found in Jakarta which consisted of five administrative cities and one administrative regency. As of January 2023, there were 514-second-level administrative divisions (416 regencies and 98 cities) in Indonesia. [3] The list below groups regencies and cities in Indonesia by provinces.