Tukak Sadai is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

South Bangka Regency South Bangka Regency () is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia, with the town of Toboali as its regency seat. It also includes several small islands off the coast of Bangka in the Gaspar Strait, such as Lepar a ...

Bangka-Belitung Islands The Bangka Belitung Islands ( id, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main landmasses—Bangka Island, Bangka and Belitung—and ...

. The district is located in the southeastern section of

Bangka Island Bangka is an island lying east of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is administered under the province of the Bangka Belitung Islands, being one of its namesakes alongside the smaller island of Belitung across the Gaspar Strait. The 9th largest island in In ...

, and contains the Sadai seaport.

History

Tukak Sadai was established on 14 December 2007, after being split off from the southeastern part of

Toboali Toboali () is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. Toboali is the capital of the South Bangka Regency. Economy Significant numbers of the townspeople are employed in pepper cultivation. In the New Order era, tin mini ...

district.

Administration

The district is subdivided into five villages: Tukak, Sadai, Tiram, Pasir Putih and Bukit Terap. The administrative center located in the village of Tiram.

Economy

Most of the workforce in the district, totalling 4,176 people, is recorded as being employed in agriculture (2,166) or fishing (1,224). There are six kindergartens, five elementary schools, two junior high schools, and one trade school in the district. There are 86.65 km of roads in the district, of which 39.3 km were paved. The

Government of Indonesia The term Government of Indonesia ( id, Pemerintah Indonesia) can have a number of different meanings. At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government – the executive branch, legislative branch and ju ...

has planned to develop an industrial zone in the district, to be named the Sadai Industrial Zone, with a planned investment of Rp 58 trillion (USD 4 billion). By July 2020, two Chinese companies - glass manufacturer Xinyi Solar and

Sinomach China National Machinery Industry Corporation (also known as Sinomach) is a Chinese conglomerate with businesses in tool making, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, and infrastructure construction. In two particular areas of construc ...

- have signed agreements to construct factories in Sadai. The Port of Sadai, serving passengers crossing to

Belitung Belitung ( Belitung Malay: ''Belitong'', formerly Billiton) is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. It covers , and had a population of 309,097 at the 2020 Census. Administratively, it forms two regencies (Bel ...

, is located within the district.

References

{{reflist Populated places in the Bangka Belitung Islands Districts of South Bangka Regency