Ranai Kota is the capital of the

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archipelago in the

Riau Islands The Riau Islands ( id, Kepulauan Riau) is a province of Indonesia. It comprises a total of 1,796 islands scattered between Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, and Borneo including the Riau Archipelago. Situated on one of the world's busiest shipping la ...

, 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 hospital, Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Natuna (RSUD Natuna) located on Jalan Ali Murtopo.

Transport

Air

Raden Sadjad Airport located in Ranai Kota serves flights to

Batam Batam is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang, and Galang (collectively called Barelang), as well as several small islands. Batam Island is the cor ...

and

Tanjungpinang Tanjungpinang, also written as Tanjung Pinang, is the capital city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of Riau Islands. It covers a land area of 144.56 km2, mainly on the southern Bintan Island, as well as other smaller islan ...

Sea

Ranai Kota also has a port, its name is Port of Penagi.

Climate

Ranai Kota 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.

Religion

A couple of mosques exist, some being the Nurul Falah Mosque and the Ibnu Salim Mosque. Ranai Kota also has several churches, located not far from the downtown and also airport.

References

Populated places in the Riau Islands Natuna Regency Regency seats of the Riau Islands {{RiauIslands-geo-stub