Bintan Regency
Bintan Regency, or originally the Riau Islands Regency is an administrative area in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. Bintan Regency includes all of Bintan Island and also includes many outlying islands including the Tambelan and Badas Islands situated between Bintan and West Kalimantan; altogether there are 273 islands comprising the regency.- Type: regency of Indonesia with 160,000 residents
- Description: regency in Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Bintan”, “Kab. Bintan”, “Kab. Kepri”, “Kabupaten Daerah Tingkat II Kepulauan Riau”, “Kabupaten Kepri”, and “Kabupaten Kepulauan Riau”
- Neighbors: Tanjung Pinang
Bintan Regency
- Location: Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
0.95° or 0° 57′ north
Longitude
104.6194° or 104° 37′ 10″ east
Population
160,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
6PG6XJ29+2Q
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bintan Regency” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة بانتان”
- Balinese: “Kabupatén Bintan”
- Belarusian: “Акруга Бінтан”
- Belarusian: “Бінтан”
- Betawi: “Kabupatèn Bintan”
- Cebuano: “Kabupaten Bintan”
- Chinese: “宾坦”
- Chinese: “民丹縣”
- Dutch: “Bintan”
- French: “kabupaten Bintan”
- French: “Kabupaten Bintan”
- German: “Bintan”
- Hebrew: “בינטאן”
- Indonesian: “Bintan”
- Indonesian: “Kabupaten Bintan”
- Irish: “Bintan”
- Italian: “Reggenza di Bintan”
- Javanese: “Bintan”
- Javanese: “Kabupatèn Bintan”
- Malay: “Bintan”
- Malay: “Kabupaten Bintan”
- Malay: “بينتن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bintan Koān”
- Minangkabau: “Kabupaten Bintan”
- Russian: “Бинтан”
- Slovenian: “Bintan”
- Spanish: “Bintan”
- Swedish: “Kabupaten Bintan”
- Tagalog: “Rehensiya ng Bintan”
- Urdu: “بنتان ریجنسی”
- “Bintan”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kangkakawal and Kawal.
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Highlights: Manjin Island and Manjin Kecil Island.
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