Karimun
Karimun is a regency covering a group of islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia. Nearly all the population is concentrated on the main island of Karimun Besar, also written Karimunbesar.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Karimun Regency, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Great Karimon”, “Great Karimon Island”, “Great Karimun”, “Great Karimun Island”, “Groot Karimoen”, “Karimun Besar Island”, “Karimun Island”, “Mawas”, “Mawas Island”, “Pulau Great Karimun”, “ഗ്രേറ്റ് കരിമുന്”, “グレート・カリムン島”, “卡里蒙群岛”, and “大卡里蒙島”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sei Bati Airport.
Karimun
- Category: landform
- Location: Karimun Regency, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.0628° or 1° 3′ 46″ north
Longitude
103.3782° or 103° 22′ 42″ east
Population
250,000
Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)
Open location code
6PH5397H+47
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Karimun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كريمون الكبرى”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Karimun Besar”
- Chinese: “卡里汶岛”
- Chinese: “卡里汶島”
- Chinese: “大吉里汶島”
- Czech: “Velký Karimun”
- Dutch: “Karimun”
- French: “Karimun”
- Galician: “Karimun”
- German: “Karimun”
- Indonesian: “Karimun Besar”
- Indonesian: “Karimun”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Karimun”
- Japanese: “カリムン島”
- Russian: “Каримун”
- Swedish: “Pulau Karimun Besar”
- Urdu: “گریٹ کاریمون”
- “Pulau Karimun”
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