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Siberut Island
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Siberut ( ) is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, located 150 kilometres west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. It covers an area of 3,877.9 km2 including at least 33 smaller offshore islands, and had a population of 35,091 at the 2010 Census and 40,220 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 44,834. A part of Indonesia, the island is the most important home for the Mentawai people. The western half of the island was set aside as the Siberut National Park in 1993. Much of the island is covered with rainforest, but is subject to commercial logging.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Siberut
- Islands.map_image
- Mentawai Islands Topography.png
- Islands.location
- South East Asia
- Islands.archipelago
- Mentawai Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 3877.9
- Islands.highest_mount
- Taitaibeuleleu
- Islands.elevation_ft
- 1129
- Islands.country
- Indonesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- West Sumatra
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Regency
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Mentawai Islands
- Islands.population
- 44,834
- Islands.population_as_of
- mid 2024 estimate
- Islands.density_km2
- 11.56
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Mentawai. 10% of the population are from other parts of Indonesia.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- Mentawai Islands
- Population
- 30000
- Area
- 3829
- Elevation
- 147
- Body of water
- Indian Ocean
- Image
- Siberut island river.jpg
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- Commons category
- Siberut
- located in/on physical feature
- Mentawai Islands
- name
- Siberut
- language used
- Mentawai
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Encyclopedic overview
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Siberut ( ) is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, located 150 kilometres west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. It covers an area of 3,877.9 km2 including at least 33 smaller offshore islands, and had a population of 35,091 at the 2010 Census and 40,220 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 44,834. A part of Indonesia, the island is the most important home for the Mentawai people. The western half of the island was set aside as the Siberut National Park in 1993. Much of the island is covered with rainforest, but is subject to commercial logging.
Smaller islands adjacent to the southeast coast of Siberut include Masalor, Siloinak, Karamajet and Masokut, the most southern of which lie in the Bunga Laut Strait which separates the island from Sipora to the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siberut Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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