Sungailiat

Also known as Sungai Liat District

Sungailiat, also known as Liet-kong in Hakka, is a town and district (kecamatan) of Bangka Regency, in the Bangka-Belitung province of Indonesia. It is also the regency seat.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sungailiat
Settlement.native_name: Liet-kong
Settlement.translit_lang1: Other
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2: Jawi
Settlement.translit_lang1_info2: سوڠايليات
Settlement.translit_lang1_type3: Mandarin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info3: Shuāng xī lì yǎ
Settlement.translit_lang1_type4: Hakka
Settlement.translit_lang1_info4: Lîet-kóng
Settlement.settlement_type: District
Settlement.image_caption: Zero kilometer mark · Kwan Ti Miau temple · Parai Tenggiri beach · Al Ittihad mosque · contemporary architecture
Settlement.pushpin_map: Indonesia Bangka Belitung
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Sungailiat in Bangka-Belitung
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Bangka Belitung Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Regency
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bangka Regency

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Sungailiat, also known as Liet-kong in Hakka, is a town and district (kecamatan) of Bangka Regency, in the Bangka-Belitung province of Indonesia. It is also the regency seat.

It is the second-largest settlement on the island, right after the provincial capital of Pangkal Pinang. The town is located on the eastern coast of the island, about 30 kilometres north of Pangkal Pinang, to which it is connected by a paved road.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sungailiat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.