Batam
Sign in to saveBatam, officially the City of Batam or Batam City (, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of the Riau Islands.
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Batam is the largest city in Indonesia's Riau Islands province, located off the east coast of Sumatra. It has become an important industrial and trade hub in Southeast Asia due to its strategic position and development as a major port and manufacturing center.
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24 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Governance
- Mayor
- Batam Development Board (BP)
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Language
- Economy
- Tourism
- Foreign Investment
- Transport
- Ferry
- Trans Batam
- Taxi
- Airport
- Environment
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Batam, officially the City of Batam or Batam City (, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of the Riau Islands.
The city of Batam does not simply include Batam Island, which is significantly smaller at around . It also includes other major islands such as Rempang at and Galang at , the three-interconnected islands group of the Riau Archipelago known as Barelang (an abbreviation of Batam–Rempang–Galang). The remaining hundreds of tiny islands are largely conservation areas, small fishing outposts, or uninhabited mangroves. Collectively, the land area of all these islands make up around . Batam Island is the core urban and industrial zone, while both Rempang Island and Galang Island maintain their rural character and low-density population; they are connected to Batam Island by short bridges. Bulang Island and the islands to its north lie to the west of Batam Island; while they are part of the Belakang Padang District, they are also administratively within the city.