Great Natuna Island (''Pulau Natuna Besar'' in
Indonesian
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* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
) or just Natuna is the main island of the
Middle Natuna Archipelago, which is part of the
Riau Islands Province,
Indonesia. It is also called Great Bunguran Island (''Pulau Bunguran Besar'').
The area of Great Natuna is 1,720
km². The highest point is Mount Ranai at . The island had a population of 52,000 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. The principal settlement is
Ranai
Ranai Kota is the capital of the Natuna Regency archipelago in the Riau Islands, Indonesia. It has one airport and can be reached by boat. It is located on East Bunguran, and East Bunguran has a population of 20,800.
Medical
There is a hosp ...
. The island can be reached by scheduled air services via
Ranai Airport.
The island is home to three
species of non-human
primates: the slow loris (''
Nycticebus coucang
The Sunda slow loris (''Nycticebus coucang'') or greater slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures from head to tail and weighs between . ...
''), the long-tailed macaque (''
Macaca fascicularis''), and the Natuna leaf monkey (a.k.a. Natuna pale-thighed surili, ''
Presbytis natunae'').
A small number of wild goats live on the island as well as sea birds. Over 360 species of bird have been recorded on the island.
There is a large
mosque in the north-east corner of the island. The
Masjid Agung Natuna was built over two years from 2007 to 2009.
On 18 December 2018, Indonesia opened a military base with over 1,000 personnel on Natuna Besar Island.
References
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Natuna Regency
Islands of Sumatra
Landforms of the Riau Islands