Senggarang is the name of a region in

Tanjungpinang Tanjungpinang, also colloquially 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 in the southern part of Bintan Island, as well ...

and on the island of

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,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023. Indonesia, which houses the oldest temple in the

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.Its biggest village is Kampung Bugis (not to be confused with

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in Singapore). Locals believe Senggarang was the first home for

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a long time ago, who then spread throughout the other island of Riau Islands.

References

Tanjungpinang Villages in Indonesia Populated places in the Riau Islands {{RiauIslands-geo-stub