Bangka Belitung Islands
The Bangka Belitung Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Bangka Belitung) is a province of Indonesia. It is made up of two main islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones.
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 Location of Bangka Belitung in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 2°8′S 106°7′E / 2.133°S 106.117°ECoordinates: 2°8′S 106°7′E / 2.133°S 106.117°E | |
| Established | 4 December 2000[1] |
| Capital and largest city | Pangkal Pinang |
| Government | |
| • Body | Bangka Belitung Islands Provincial Government |
| • Governor | Erzaldi Rosman Djohan |
| • Vice Governor | Abdul Fatah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,424.14 km2 (6,341.40 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 27th in Indonesia |
| Highest elevation | 669 m (2,195 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,430,900 |
| • Rank | 29th in Indonesia |
| • Density | 87.1218/km2 (225.644/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time) |
| HDI |  0.682 (Medium) |
| HDI rank | 15th in Indonesia (2014) |
| Website | babelprov |
Bangka Belitung is bordered by the Bangka Strait to the west, the Natuna Sea to the north, the Java Sea is to the south, and the Karimata Strait to the east.
The province's capital and largest city is Pangkal Pinang. As of the 2015 census, the population of Bangka Belitung was 1,372,813.
Bangka Belitung Islands Media
The fort of Toboali was built in 1825 to defend Bangka's tin mines
Marsh ecosystem in Bangka Island
Pangkalpinang, the capital city as well as the largest city in the province.
Tanjung Tinggi Beach. Bangka Belitung has significant areas of open sea and islands.
A Taoist temple in Pangkalpinang
References
- ↑ "Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 27 Tahun 2000" (PDF). dpr.go.id (in Bahasa Indonesia). People's Representative Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Statistik Indonesia 2018". Badan Pusat Statistik. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics: Census 2010 Archived 2017-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 17 January 2011 (in Indonesian)
- ↑ "Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama dan Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Indonesia 2010". BPS Indonesia. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Population by Area and Religion of Bangka Belitung 2010" Retrieved 13 July 2018
