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With a population of 227,663 at the 2020 Census, [5] it is the second largest city of the province, after Batam; [6] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 234,840 (comprising 118,600 males and 116,250 females). [3] Tanjungpinang is a historic city of the Malay culture, having served as the capital of both Johor Sultanate and Riau-Lingga ...
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 has an area of 3,432 square kilometres (1,325 sq mi), and in 2023 it had an estimated population ...
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 ...
The regency was originally divided into three districts (kecamatan) — Moro, Kundur and Karimun.In accordance with Law (Undang-Undang) Nomor 53 of 1999, enacted in Jakarta on 4 October 1999, these three were expanded to nine districts, with the creation of the new districts of Meral, Tebing, Buru, Kundur Utara, Kundur Barat and Durai.
The aim was to strengthen control in strategic waters and secure trade routes. The Dutch colonial government then designated Natuna as part of the Riau Residency under the supervision of the Riau Resident based in Tanjung Pinang. [37] [38] During the Dutch colonial period, life in the Natuna Islands remained largely agrarian and simple.
Pangkalpinang's population was 108,411 in 1990, and 174,838 in the 2010 census, [5] rising to 218,568 at the 2020 Census; [6] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 226,297. [1] Half are Malay, and primarily speak Bangka Malay. The remainder are Chinese, descendants of 18th-century emigrants from Guangdong province.
As of 2020, Tanjong Pinang was home to a population of 11,970. [2] Ethnic Chinese constituted nearly half of the suburb's population, while Malays formed another one-fifth of the population. Tanjong Pinang attracted a sizable expatriate community, which constituted over 18% of the population, followed by the Indians at 6%.
Manado (Indonesian pronunciation:, Tombulu: Wenang) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi.It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar, with the 2020 census giving a population of 451,916, [3] and the official estimates for mid 2023 showing 458,582 inhabitants (229,982 males and 228,600 females), [1] distributed over a land area of 157.26 km 2. [1]