Manggar
Sign in to saveManggar (; ) is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia which is a port on the east coast of Belitung Island, and is the seat of the East Belitung Regency. The town was founded as a tin mining town in the 19th century.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Manggar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town/District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Administrateurswoning van de Billiton Maatschappij te Manggar TMnr 10007281.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- House of a Billiton Maatschappij in Manggar in the time of the Dutch East Indies
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- Location of Manggar in Bangka Belitung
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Indonesia Bangka Belitung
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bangka Belitung
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Regency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 15px East Belitung
- Settlement.established_date
- 9 October 1871
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 229
- Settlement.population_est
- 39,135
- Settlement.pop_est_as_of
- 2020 Census
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- Indonesia Western Time
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Manggar (; ) is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia which is a port on the east coast of Belitung Island, and is the seat of the East Belitung Regency. The town was founded as a tin mining town in the 19th century.
==History== In the 1860s, the Dutch prospectors of the Billiton Maatschappij explored the area and established the mining district of Burung Mandi Lenggang. In 1863, a tin mine was established on the right banks of the Manggar River, and the district was renamed to Manggar district in 1866. Manggar was opened to immigration of "foreign orientals" (Asian foreigners) on 8 October 1871, which is selected as the establishment date for the district.