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The Dutch planned to build defenses in the mountainous areas of Aceh, in the districts of Takengon, Tanah Luos, and Tanah Alas. [8] The Dutch Territorial Command in Sumatra then enacted a scorched earth policy across West Sumatra to slow down the Japanese advance, much to the suffering of the locals. [21]
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 .
The Riau Islands Flight Information Region is a proposed Flight Information Region (FIR) situated above the Riau Islands, which is a province of Indonesia comprising the principal group of the Riau Archipelago along with other island groups to the south, east and northeast.
Riau Ecosystem Restoration (RER; Indonesian: Restorasi Ekosistem Riau) is a multi-party project to restore and conserve an area of ecologically important peat forest in Indonesia's Sumatra island. The project consists of 130,000 ha (320,000 acres) on the Kampar Peninsula, and another 20,000 ha (49,000 acres) on the nearby Padang Island .
The average air temperature of Riau is 25.9 °C with maximum temperatures reaching 34.4 °C and minimum temperatures reach 20.1 °C. The highest temperature occurs in urban areas on the coast. On the contrary, the lowest temperature covers the high mountains and mountains. Air humidity can reach an average of 75%.
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]
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 ...
Riau Airlines was originally formed to connect cities within Riau, however, it expanded towards linking all major cities on Sumatra island, as well as serving Borneo island, Bali, and Kupang in Central Indonesia. In 2008, the airline was temporarily shut down after an employee strike against the management. This, however, took only a few days. [3]