Batam
Batam is a small but busy island in the Riau Islands in Indonesia that is 45 km by 25 km, and has nearly a million people, hundreds of factories owned by multinationals, towns, shopping centres.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batam Centre and Nagoya.
Batam
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Batam Island”, “Battam”, and “Pulau Batam”
- Category: landform
- Location: Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.075° or 1° 4′ 30″ north
Longitude
104.0375° or 104° 2′ 15″ east
Population
989,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ID BTM
Open location code
6PH632GQ+22
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Batam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴淡島”
- Dutch: “Batam”
- Finnish: “Batam”
- French: “Île de Batam”
- German: “Batam”
- Indonesian: “Batam”
- Indonesian: “Kota Batam”
- Norwegian: “Batam”
- Polish: “Batam”
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