Daik (
Jawi: ; ) is the main village (''kelurahan'') on the island of
Lingga of
Lingga Regency, in the
Riau archipelago
The Riau Archipelago is a ''geographic'' term (as opposed to administrative region) for the core group of islands within the Riau Islands Province in Indonesia, and located south of Singapore and east of Riau on Sumatra. Before the province of R ...
in
Indonesia
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. It is located at .
History
Daik was the capital of the
Lingga Sultanate for almost 100 years, from 1819 to 1911.
Climate
Daik has a
tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...
(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
References
Populated places in the Riau Islands
Regency seats of the Riau Islands
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