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The Riau Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Riau) is a province of Indonesia—not to be confused with neighbouring Riau from which the Riau Islands Province were separated in 2002. The capital of the province is Tanjung Pinang , while the largest city is Batam .
Riau (Jawi: رياو ) is a province of Indonesia.It is located on the central eastern coast of the island of Sumatra, and extends from the eastern slopes of the Barisan Mountains to the Malacca Strait, including several large islands situated within the Strait.
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 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. Before the province of Riau Islands was formed, there was no ambiguity in term; however, in Indonesian language, both the ...
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 ...
Provinces have a local government, consisting of a governor (Gubernur) and a regional legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Provinsi). The governor and members of local representative bodies are elected by popular vote for five-year terms, but governors can only serve for two terms.
The Subi Islands (Kepulauan Subi) of which the main islands are Subi Besar, Subi Kecil, Bakau, Panjang and Seraya, lie southeast of Natuna Besar. Serasan Island ( Pulau Serasan ) is the largest of the group of islands lying further to the southeast and nearer to Kalimantan, from which it is separated by the Serasan Strait.
The Karimun Regency is located in the Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. Besides the central island of Great Karimun , the regency also includes the island of Kundur and over 240 lesser islands. The district covers a land area of 1,339.9 km 2 and a sea area of 6,460 km 2 , and its population was 212,561 at the 2010 census [ 2 ] and 253,457 at ...