Pangkal Pinang
Also known as Pangkalpinang, Pangkal Pinang City
Pangkalpinang, colloquially written as Pangkal Pinang, also known as Pin-kong in Hakka, is the capital and largest city of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province in Indonesia. It is located on Bangka Island's east coast, the city is divided into seven districts (kecamatan) and has 42 subdistricts (kelurahan).
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Pangkal Pinang is the capital and largest city of Indonesia's Bangka Belitung Islands Province, located on the east coast of Bangka Island. The city is administratively divided into seven districts and 42 subdistricts, serving as the main urban center for the island province.
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- Etymology
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- Pre-colonial rule
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- Independent Indonesia
- Demographics
- Geography
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- Administrative districts
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Pangkalpinang, colloquially written as Pangkal Pinang, also known as Pin-kong in Hakka, is the capital and largest city of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province in Indonesia. It is located on Bangka Island's east coast, the city is divided into seven districts (kecamatan) and has 42 subdistricts (kelurahan).
It covers an area of and it had a population of 174,838 at the 2010 Census and 218,568 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 226,297. The city's average population density was about 2,165 per square kilometre in mid 2022. The Rangkui River divides the city into two parts, and Jalan Merdeka is its geographic center.
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