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Geographically, southern Europe is the southern portion of the European continent. This definition is relative, although largely based on history, culture, climate, and flora, which is shared across the region.
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east.
Major islands include Big Tambelan (Tambelan Besar), Mendarik, Uwi, Benua, and Pejantan. The islands are divided into eight administrative villages (kelurahan) - Batu Lepuk, Kampung Hilir, Kampung Melayu, Kukup, Pengikik, Pulau Mentebung, Pulau Pinang and Teluk Sekuni. As a historical side note; It was the first Dutch territory captured by the ...
(b) including the offshore islands of Pulau Ruang (the fourth largest island in the regency, with an active volcano at its centre), Pulau Pasige and 2 smaller. (c) includes 2 kelurahan - Bahoi and Balehumara. (d) includes the small offshore island of Pulau Batuguhita. (e) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Makaleki and the small Pulau ...
Rempang Island (Indonesian: pulau Rempang) is an Indonesian island, located 2.5 km southeast of the neighbouring Batam Island, with the total land mass size of 165.83 km 2. [1] Rempang Island belongs to the three- interconnected islands group of Riau Archipelago known as Barelang (an abbreviation of Batam-Rempang- Galang ), and administratively ...
Simeulue Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Simeulue) is a regency in the Aceh special region of Indonesia.It occupies the whole island of Simeulue (Pulau Simeulue), 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra, which with its many small offshore islands covers a land area of 1,838.1 square kilometres (709.69 square miles).
The continental territory of the historical Carolingian Empire was one of the many old cultural concepts used for mainland Europe. [6] This was consciously invoked in the 1950s as one of the basis for the prospective European integration (see also multi-speed Europe) [7] [8]
Belitung (Belitung Malay: Belitong, formerly Billiton) is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea.It covers 4,859 km 2 (1,876.1 sq mi) (including offshore islands such as Mendanau Island), and had a population of 309,097 at the 2020 Census; [1] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 320,500. [2]