Bintan Regency


Bintan Regency is an administrative area in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. Bintan Regency includes all of Bintan Island and also includes many outlying islands including the Tambelan Archipelago and Badas Islands situated between Bintan and West Kalimantan.

Location

The Island is located 40 kilometres from Singapore, with an area of 1,462.77 km2, and it has a population of around 330,000 at the 2010 Census, which by 2014 had risen to about 400,000. Famous places in Bintan include Trikora Beach, on the east coast, and the international Bintan Resort.

Administration

The Regency is divided into ten districts – tabulated below with their areas and 2010 Census populations:
NameArea
in km2		Population
Census 2010		No. of
Villages		Post
Code
Teluk Bintan129.88,934629132
-29136
Bintan Utara
53.821,193529152
Teluk Sebong324.416,019729154
Seri Kuala Lobam90.317,632529153
Bintan Timur
96.539,006429150
Gunung Kijang215.912,007429155
Mantang164.73,896429156
Bintan Pesisir1121.18,005429151
Toapaya149.210,633429157
Tambelan290.44,975829193

Notes:

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 in Tanjung Pinang in the south of the Bintan Island, since 2012 a private company builds an airport at Lagoi in the north of the Bintan Island to facilitates tourism with investment $80 to $100 million and predicted operational in 2014.