Mentok
Sign in to savethumb|Kongfuk Temple and Jami Mosque, two icons of Muntok. thumb|Heirloom Kain Limar (1750–1825, from Bangka, probably Muntok Muntok (; ) or, more commonly, Mentok () is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung on the island of Sumatra. The capital of West Bangka Regency (Bangka Barat), it is the site of the biggest tin smelter on the world. Mentok refers to the tip of the island.
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thumb|Kongfuk Temple and Jami Mosque, two icons of Muntok. thumb|Heirloom Kain Limar (1750–1825, from Bangka, probably Muntok Muntok (; ) or, more commonly, Mentok () is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung on the island of Sumatra. The capital of West Bangka Regency (Bangka Barat), it is the site of the biggest tin smelter on the world. Mentok refers to the tip of the island.
==History== Mentok was founded at 1732 by Encek Wan Akub as the order of Sultan Palembang Darussalam Sri Susuhan Mahmud Badaruddin I, beginning as a small village consisting of 7 wooden houses for the royal family of Encek Wan Abdul Jabbar, father-in-law of Sultan Badaruddin I of Palembang Darussalam who was married his daughter Zamnah for his 2nd wife from Siantan Natuna.