Babi Island ( id, Pulau Babi; literally meaning Pig Island) is an island located in

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, Indonesia.

Overview

Babi Island is located off the coast of

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, not far from the

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and

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and between Bangkuru and

Simeulue Island Simeulue is an island of Indonesia, off the west coast of Sumatra. It covers an area of 1754 square kilometres (677 square miles), including minor offshore islands. It had a population of 80,674 at the 2010 census and 92,865 at the 2020 census ...

s. It is uninhabited. It is administratively part of Simeulue Regency,

History

Babi was affected by the

2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake The 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake occurred on 28 March off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. At least 915 people were killed, mostly on the island of Nias. The event caused panic in the region, which had already been devastated by ...

. According to

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researchers, the tsunami caused by the earthquake went inland. They also reported that the earthquake caused of

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, which dried the

mangrove swamp Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangroves cannot withstand fre ...

on the island. It is used as a nature tourism site, which covers a total area of .

References

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