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Selat Panjang (Jawi: سلاتفنجاغ ; Chinese: 石叻班讓; pinyin: shílèbānràng) is the capital of Kepulauan Meranti Regency, which is part of the province of Riau in Indonesia. The regency is a new regency in Riau province which was established on 19 December 2008 after being separated from Bengkalis Regency .
Port of Sungai Duku is located by the Siak River, connecting Pekanbaru with some regions in Riau Province and Riau Islands such as Siak, Tanjung Buton, Selat Panjang, Bengkalis and Batam. In the past, there were ferry services travelling from this port directly to Malacca in Malaysia, but the service was discontinued as several ferry companies ...
Riau Strait (Indonesian: Selat Riau) is a strait in Riau Archipelago. The Riau Strait separates islands of Batam and Bintan. It is an important commercial waterway to the port of Singapore. [1] The planned Batam-Bintan Bridge would be the first bridge to cross the strait.
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 - composed of both the islands and parts of the mainland, formerly part of the Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura.
Tebing Tinggi Island (also Rantau) is an island off the north east coast of Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, located in the Strait of Malacca. It is located in the Meranti Islands Regency, and is directly east of Padang Island and directly south of Rangsang Island. [1] [2] The area is 1,600.06 km 2.
Rupat (Indonesian: Pulau Rupat) is an island in the Strait of Malacca, and forms part of Bengkalis Regency within Riau, Indonesia. It lies just off the eastern coast of Sumatra, across from Dumai city, from which it is separated by the Rupat Strait (Indonesian: Selat Rupat). Its area is 1,704.98 km 2 (658.30 sq mi).
Administratively they form a Regency of the Riau Islands Province with a land area of 2,250.45 km 2 [2] and a population of 86,244 people at the 2010 census [3] and 98,633 at the 2020 census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 102,474. [1] The regency seat lies at Daik on Lingga Island.
Bintan Island or Negeri Segantang Lada is an island in the Riau archipelago of Indonesia.It is part of the Riau Islands province, the capital of which, Tanjung Pinang, lies in the island's south and is the island's main community.