Tebing Tinggi Island (also Rantau) is an island off the north east coast of
Riau
Riau is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the central eastern coast of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca. The province shares land borders with North Sumatra to the northwest, West Sumatra to the west, and Jambi to the south. Acco ...
Province,
Sumatra,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
, located in the
Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 500 mi (800 km) long and from 40 to 155 mi (65–250 km) wide, between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia) to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, connec ...
. It is located in the
Meranti Islands Regency, and is directly east of
Padang Island
Padang Island is an island in Riau province, Indonesia, close to the east coast of Sumatra island. The area is 1,109 km² and the population at the 2010 Census was 42,118. Administratively, it forms the district (''kecamatan'') of Merbau with ...
and directly south of
Rangsang Island.
The area is 1597 km
2.
The capital is
Selat Panjang. Other population centers include Bengkikit, Merbau, Mengkudu, Sungaitohor and Mayau around the coast, and Deremi in the interior. The population of the island at the 2010 Census was 81,008.
References
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Riau Archipelago
Landforms of Riau
Islands of Sumatra