Bintan Regency

Bintan Regency
Regency

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Location within Riau Islands
Bintan Regency
Location in Bintan, Sumatra and Indonesia
Bintan Regency
Bintan Regency (Sumatra)
Bintan Regency
Bintan Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°01′N 104°33′E / 1.01°N 104.55°E / 1.01; 104.55Coordinates: 1°01′N 104°33′E / 1.01°N 104.55°E / 1.01; 104.55
Country Indonesia
Province Riau Islands
Capital Bandar Seri Bentan
Government
 • Regent Apri Sujadi
 • Vice Regent Dalmasri Syam
Area
 • Total 1,318.21 km2 (508.96 sq mi)
Population (2017)
 • Total 154,584
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Area code (+62) 770
Website www.bintankab.go.id

Bintan Regency is an administrative area in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. Bintan Regency includes all of Bintan Island (except for the city of Tanjung Pinang which is separately administered as an autonomous area of the island) and also includes a few minor outlying islands.

Location

The Island is located 40 kilometres from Singapore, with an area of 1,462.77 km2, and it has a population of around 330,000 at the 2010 Census (including Tanjung Pinang), which by 2014 had risen to about 400,000. Famous places in Bintan include Trikora Beach, on the east coast, and the international Bintan Resort.

Administration

The Regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan) – tabulated below with their 2010 Census population:[1]

NamePopulation
Census 2010[2]
Teluk Bintan8,934
Bintan Utara
(North Bintan)		21,193
Teluk Sebong16,019
Seri Kuala Lobam17,632
Bintan Timur
(East Bintan)		39,006
Gunung Kijang12,007
Mantang3,896
Bintan Pesisir8,005
Toapaya10,633
Tambelan4,975

Demografi

Religion

Religion in Bintan Regency (2017)[3]
religion percent
Islam
 
 86.88%
Buddhism
 
 5.37%
Protestantism
 
 5.12%
Roman Catholicism
 
 2.15%
Confucianism
 
 0.38%
Hinduism
 
 0.09%

Islam is the dominant religion in the city, with 86.88% of the total population identify themselves as Muslim. Other religions are Christianity, which forms 7.52% of the total population, Buddhism, which forms 5.37% of the total population, Hinduism, which forms 0.09% of the total population and Confucianism, which forms 0.38% of the total population.

Airports

Besides Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport in Tanjung Pinang in the south of the Bintan Island, since 2012 a private company builds an airport at Lagoi in the north of the Bintan Island to facilitates tourism with investment $80 to $100 million and predicted operational in 2014.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Riau Islands Province in Figures 2017". BPS Kepulauan Riau. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kepri Akan Bangun Bandara Internasional di Lagoi". 20 March 2012.


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