Riau Residency ( nl, Residentie Riouw) was an administrative territorial entity of the
Dutch East Indies.
It covered the southern half of
Riau Province
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. Accordi ...
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References
Residencies of the Dutch East Indies
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