Karimun Regency

Karimun Regency
Regency

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Location within Riau Islands
Karimun Regency
Location in Sumatra and Indonesia
Karimun Regency
Karimun Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°3′0″N 103°22′0″E / 1.05000°N 103.36667°E / 1.05000; 103.36667Coordinates: 1°3′0″N 103°22′0″E / 1.05000°N 103.36667°E / 1.05000; 103.36667
Country Indonesia
Province Riau Islands
Capital Tanjung Balai Karimun
Government
 • Regent Aunur Rafiq
 • Vice Regant Anwar Hasyim
Area
 • Total 920.64 km2 (355.46 sq mi)
Population (2017)
 • Total 227,277
 • Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Area code (+62) 777
Website www.kab-karimun.go.id

The Karimun Regency is located in the Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. Besides the main island of Great Karimun, the regency also includes the island of Kundur and a number of smaller islands.

Administration

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

NamePopulation
Census 2010[2]
Moro17,512
Durai5,821
Kundur33,878
Kundur Utara
(North Kundur)		17,066
Kundur Barat
(West Kundur)		16,146
Karimun42,591
Buru8,967
Meral44,627
Tebing25,943


Demografi

Religion

Religion in Karimun Regency (2017)[3]
religion percent
Islam
 
 84.09%
Buddhism
 
 10.68%
Protestantism
 
 3.77%
Roman Catholicism
 
 1.08%
Confucianism
 
 0.37%
Hinduism
 
 0.01%

Islam is the dominant religion in the city, with 84.09% of the total population identify themselves as Muslim. Other religions are Buddhism, which forms 10.68% of the total population, Christianity, which forms 4.85% of the total population, Hinduism, which forms 0.01% of the total population and Confucianism, which forms 0.37% of the total population.

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.

See also


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