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Batam, officially the City of Batam (Indonesian: Kota Batam, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang and Galang (collectively called Barelang ), as well as Bulang to the west and ...
Batam metropolitan area or officially Batam Raya is a metropolitan area located in Indonesia. This area includes Batam city and its surrounding areas such as Tanjung Pinang city, Bintan Regency, and Karimun Regency. This region of the Riau Islands Province near the Strait of Malacca includes one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. It ...
With the initial aim of making Batam an Indonesian version of Singapore, according to Presidential Decree number 41 of 1973, Batam Island was designated as an industrial working area. This was supported by the Batam Island Industrial Area Development Authority, better known as the Batam Authority Agency (BOB) which is now the Batam Development ...
Morwan Mohammad walks down an old hotel corridor on Batam Island in northwestern Indonesia before entering a 6-square-meter (64-square-foot) room that has been home to him and his growing family ...
The operational area of Bakamla is the Indonesian Maritime Zone which is divided into three maritime zones: Western Maritime Zone ( Zona Maritim Barat ) - Headquartered in Batam , Riau Islands . This maritime zone oversees areas of western Indonesia such as the islands of Java , Sumatra and Kalimantan .
According to a geospatial survey conducted between 2007 and 2010 by the National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (Bakorsurtanal), Indonesia has 13,466 islands. [5] However, according to earlier survey in 2002 by National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), the Indonesian archipelago has 18,307 islands, [ 6 ] and according to ...
Agency for Development Control and Special Investigation (BPPIK) Anti Dumping Committee (KADI) Attorney Commission (Komjak) Batam Free Trade Zone and Free Port Management Agency (BP Batam) Batam Free Trade Zone and Free Port Council; Bintan Free Trade Zone and Free Port Management Agency (BP Bintan) Bintan Free Trade Zone and Free Port Council
Despite the destruction, the Japanese occupation of Batam was completed without resistance by the Japanese, within days of their victory in Singapore. [2] [1] The Japanese would later station a small garrison there. [2] On 20 February 1942, newspapers such as Het Volk and Haarlem's Dagblad reported the Japanese occupation of Batam and Sambu Island.