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Pangkalan Balai
Pangkalan may refer to the following places: Indonesia * Pangkalan Brandan, North Sumatra * Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan *Pangkalan Kerinci Pangkalan Kerinci ( Jawi: ڤڠكالن كرينچي ) is a town or Sub-district in Pelalawan Regency, of Riau province of Indonesia. The town is principal (capital) of Pelalawan Regency. 1993, Pangkalan Kerinci was a small village in the Sumatran ..., Riau Malaysia * Pangkalan Stungkor, Lundu Division, Sarawak * Pangkalan Tebang, Kuching Division, Sarawak {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangkalan Brandan
Pangkalan Brandan (or Pangkalanbrandan) (''Pangkalanberandan'') is a port town in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, forty miles north west of Medan, close to the boundary with Aceh. The area's population is estimated at around 21,000. Oil seepages were known in the archipelago since antiquity, the small ponds containing a mineral wax used for lighting torches and caulking boats. In 1880, East Sumatra Tobacco Company's Aeilko Jans Zijlker discovered these deposits contained up to 62 percent kerosene. Acquiring a concession from the Sultan of Langkat, near the Balaban River called Telaga Said, Zijlker's Provisional Sumatra Petroleum Company drilled the first successful oil well in 1885, called Telega Tunggal No 1. Seeking capital in 1890, Zijlker issued stock in "Royal Dutch Company for the Working of Petroleum Wells in the Dutch Indies", after William III of the Netherlands granted him the license to use the royal title. After Zijlker's sudden death in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangkalan Bun
Pangkalan Bun is the capital of West Kotawaringin Regency in Borneo, Indonesia. It has a population of around 200,000 It is also the administrative headquarters of South Arut (''Arut Selatan'') district (''kecamatan''). Pangkalan Bun is served by Iskandar Airport. Several airlines fly to this airport. Shipping services provide connections to Jakarta, Surabaya, and Semarang. Birutė Galdikas established her base, Camp Leakey, for the study and conservation of orangutans about from Pangkalan Bun up the Sekonyer River. The site has expanded from the original hut in 1971. Its facilities, supported by the Orangutan Foundation International, are a part of the Tanjung Puting National Park. Crash of AirAsia QZ 8501 Iskandar Airport, Iskandar International Airport was one of the operation centres being used to support search operations following the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, AirAsia QZ 8501 on 28 December 2014 in nearby Karimata Strait. Shortly after the crash, the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangkalan Kerinci
Pangkalan Kerinci ( Jawi: ڤڠكالن كرينچي ) is a town or Sub-district in Pelalawan Regency, of Riau province of Indonesia. The town is principal (capital) of Pelalawan Regency. 1993, Pangkalan Kerinci was a small village in the Sumatran rain forest. That year, four thousand workers commissioned by Sukanto Tanoto constructed a river port and a large logging mill there. At this time, the Kerinci Township was home to 200 households; a population that would grow to more than 200,000 by 2010 as APRIL Group's business expanded and diversified, transforming Kerinci into a social and commercial regional hub. Commercial pulp production commenced in 1995, followed by commercial paper production in 1998. From the beginning, the region's growth would mirror the growth of APRIL Group's operations in Indonesia, with the Pelalawan Regency established in 1999, followed by the establishment of the Pelalawan Kerinci District with the Pelalawan Regency in 2001. Kerinci's continued growth wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangkalan Stungkor
Pangkalan Stungkor (also known as Pang Stungkor) is a settlement in Lundu District, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately west-south-west of the state capital Kuching. Neighbouring settlements include: *Kampung Stungkor southeast *Kampung Rasau Lalang southwest *Kampung Munti west *Kampung Selampit northwest *Kampung Perian northwest *Kampung Kabong west *Kampung Rasa northwest *Kampung Skebang southeast *Kampung Sekebang Opar A kampong (''kampung'' in Malay and Indonesian) is the term for a village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "port" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of the indigenous people, and has also been ... southeast * Kampung Sebandi Ulu northwest References Lundu District Populated places in Sarawak {{Sarawak-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
