Daik

Daik
Town
Other transcription(s)
 • Jawi دايق‎
 • Chinese 大一
 • pinyin Dà yī
Daik
Location in Sumatra and Indonesia
Daik
Daik (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°12′0″N 104°37′0″E / 0.20000°N 104.61667°E / 0.20000; 104.61667
Country  Indonesia
Province  Riau Islands
Regency Lingga Islands Regency
Time zone UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Area code (+62) 776

Daik (Jawi: دايق‬; Chinese: 大一; pinyin: Dà yī) is the main town on the island of Lingga of Lingga Regency, in the Riau archipelago in Indonesia.[1] It is located at 0°12′0″N 104°37′0″E / 0.20000°N 104.61667°E / 0.20000; 104.61667.

History

Daik was the capital of the Lingga Sultanate for almost 100 years, from 1819 to 1911.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Uwe U. Paetzold & Paul H. Mason". The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and its Music: From Southeast Asian Village to Global Movement. BRILL. 2016. p. 183. ISBN 90-043-0875-X.
  2. ↑ "Institut voor taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië, The Hague". Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, Volumes 76-77. M. Nijhoff. 1920.
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