Bintan Regency (formerly Riau Islands Regency; id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Riau) is an administrative area in the

Riau Islands Province 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 ...

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. Bintan Regency includes all of Bintan Island (except for the city of

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

which is separately administered as an autonomous area of the island) and also includes many outlying islands including the

Tambelan Archipelago Tambelan archipelago is a group of 68 islands off the west coast of West Kalimantan, (Borneo), Indonesia, just north of the equator. The archipelago is located on the north opening of Karimata Strait which separates Borneo and Belitung island. Ge ...

and Badas Islands situated between Bintan and

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Location

The Island is located 40 kilometres from

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, with an area of 1,462.77 km², and it has a population of around 330,000 at the 2010 Census (including Tanjung Pinang), which by the 2020 Census had risen to 387,181. These population figures include outlying islands and archipelagoes that are included within Bintan Regency. Famous places in Bintan include Trikora Beach, on the east coast, and the international Bintan Resorts.

Administration

The Regency (excluding the city of

) is divided into ten districts (''kecamatan'') – tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census. The table also includes the numbers of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal code. Notes: (a) Bintan Pesisir and Mantang districts comprise numerous islands lying to the east and south respectively of Bintan Island, but do not include any part of that island itself. (b) Tambelan district comprises the

and Badas Islands situated between Bintan and

Demography

Religion

Islam is the dominant religion in the city, with 86.88% of the total population identify themselves as Muslim. Other religions are Christianity, which forms 7.52% of the total population, Buddhism, which forms 5.37% of the total population, Hinduism, which forms 0.09% of the total population and Confucianism, which forms 0.38% of the total population.

Airports

Besides Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport is near Tanjung Pinang in the south of the

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, since 2012 a private company has been building an airport at Lagoi in the north of the island to facilitates tourism with investment $80 to $100 million; it is now predicted to be operational by the end of 2021.

References

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