Bangka-Belitung
Bangka-Belitung, cutely abbreviated Babel, is a province in Indonesia consisting of the islands of Bangka and Belitung, just off the south-eastern coast of Sumatra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Bangka
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Bangka is one of the two main islands of the Bangka-Belitung province in Indonesia. This island has developed as an economic center.
Belitung
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Belitung is one of the two main islands of the Bangka-Belitung province in Indonesia. While its big brother, Bangka, has developed as an economic center, Belitung generally remains a sleepy island.
Pangkal Pinang
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Pangkal Pinang is the largest city on the island of Bangka and the capital of Bangka-Belitung province.
Bangka-Belitung
- Type: State with 1,470,000 residents
- Description: province of Indonesia, on Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller islands
- Also known as: “Babel”, “Bangka Belitung Islands”, “Bangka Belitung Islands Province”, “Bangka–Belitung Islands”, and “Propinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Neighbors: Riau Islands, South Sumatra, and West Kalimantan
- Categories: province of Indonesia and locality
- Location: Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
-2.7053° or 2° 42′ 19″ southLongitude of center
106.3586° or 106° 21′ 31″ eastPopulation
1,470,000Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 1898333935OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Bangka-Belitung” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Bangka Belitung”
- Achinese: “Pulo-pulo Bangka Belitung”
- Arabic: “بانجكا - بليتونج”
- Arabic: “بانغكا - بليتونغ”
- Arabic: “جزر بانقكا بليتونق”
- Asturian: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Balinese: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Basque: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Batak Mandailing: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Belarusian: “Бангка-Белітунг”
- Belarusian: “Бангка–Белітунг”
- Bengali: “বাঙ্কা বেলিতুং দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Betawi: “Kepuloan Bangka Belitung”
- Betawi: “Pulo Bangka Belitung”
- Bulgarian: “Бангка Белитунг”
- Catalan: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Cebuano: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Chamorro: “Isla Siha Bangka Belitung”
- Chinese: “Bangka-Belitung Kûn-tó Séng”
- Chinese: “邦加-勿里洞”
- Chinese: “邦加-勿里洞省”
- Chinese: “邦加—勿里洞省”
- Chinese: “邦加勿里洞省”
- Czech: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Danish: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Dutch: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Dutch: “Banka-Billiton”
- Esperanto: “Bangka-Belitungo”
- Finnish: “Bangka-Belitung”
- French: “Îles Bangka Belitung”
- Galician: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Georgian: “ბანკა-ბელიტუნგი”
- German: “Bangka-Belitung”
- German: “Kepulauan Bangka-Belitung”
- German: “Provinz der Bangka Belitung-Inseln”
- Gorontalo: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Greek: “Μπάνγκα Μπελίτουνγκ”
- Gujarati: “બાંગ્કા બેલિટુંગ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Bangka-Belitung Khiùn-tó”
- Hebrew: “באנגקה-בליטונג”
- Hindi: “बांका-बेलितुंग द्वीपसमूह”
- Hungarian: “Bangka-Belitung szigetek”
- Hungarian: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Iloko: “Is-isla Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Kep. Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Bangka-Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Prov. Kep. Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Prov. Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka-Belitung”
- Irish: “Oileáin Bangka Belitung”
- Italian: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Japanese: “バンカ・ブリトゥン州”
- Japanese: “バンカ・ブリトゥン群島州”
- Japanese: “バンカ＝ブリトゥン州”
- Javanese: “Kapuloan Bangka-Belitung”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ಯಾಂಗ್ಕಾ ಬೆಲಿಟುಂಗ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
- Komering: “Babel”
- Komering: “Bangka Balitung”
- Komering: “Bangka Belitung”
- Komering: “Kepulawan Bangka Belitung”
- Korean: “방카벨리퉁주”
- Korean: “방카블리퉁주”
- Latvian: “Banka-Belituna”
- Lithuanian: “Bankos-Belitungo salos”
- Madurese: “Kapolowan Bangka Belitung”
- Madurese: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Malayalam: “ബങ്ക ബലിറ്റങ് ദ്വീപുകൾ”
- Marathi: “बांका-बेलितुंग द्वीपसमूह”
- Mazanderani: “بانگکا-بلیتونگ”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Bangka Belitung Gùng-dō̤”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bangka-Belitung Kûn-tó Séng”
- Minangkabau: “Kapulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Minangkabau: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Northern Frisian: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Northern Luri: “میناوه یا بانگکا بلیتونگ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bangka Belitung-øyene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- Norwegian: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Pampanga: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Persian: “جزایر بانگکا-بلیتونگ”
- Polish: “Wyspy Bangka i Belitung”
- Portuguese: “Banca-Bilitom”
- Portuguese: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Russian: “Банка-Белитунг”
- Saterfriesisch: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Scots: “Bangka-Belitung Islands”
- Serbian: “Бангка Белитунг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Sinhala: “බන්කා බෙලිටුං දූපත් පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
- Sinhala: “බන්ග්කා බෙලිටුන්ග් දුපත්”
- Slovenian: “Otoki Bangka Belitung”
- South Azerbaijani: “بانقکا-بلیتونق آدالاری”
- Spanish: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Bangka-Belitung”
- Sundanese: “Kapuloan Bangka Belitung”
- Swedish: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Tamil: “பாங்கா பெலித்தோங் தீவுகள்”
- Tamil: “போங்க பெலிதுங் இஸ்லாண்ட்ஸ்”
- Tatar: “Банка-Белитунг”
- Telugu: “బాంగ్కా-బెలిటంగ్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะบังกา–เบอลีตุง”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะบังกาเบอลีตุง”
- Turkish: “Bangka-Belitung Adaları”
- Turkish: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Ukrainian: “Банка-Белітунг”
- Urdu: “بانگکا بیلیٹنگ”
- Urdu: “جزائر بانگکا بیلیٹنگ”
- Uzbek: “Bangka-Belitung”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Bangka Belitung”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Bangka-Belitung”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bangka-Belitung”
- Western Armenian: “Պանկքա Պելիթանկ Կղզիներ”
- Western Panjabi: “بانگکا بلیتونگ جزیرے”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ بانگکا بیلیٹنگ”
- Wu Chinese: “邦加-勿里洞省”
- Yue Chinese: “邦加-勿里洞”
- “Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
- “Prov. Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”
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