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Bangka - Belitung
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Bangka-Belitung Islands is a province of Indonesia, which includes two main islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones that lie from the east of Sumatra to the northeast of South Sumatra province. The Bangka Strait separates Sumatra and Bangka, and the Gaspar Strait separates Bangka and Belitung. The South China Sea is to the north, the Java Sea is to the south, and Borneo to the east is separated from Belitung by the Karimata Strait.
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Pangkal Pinang is the largest town on the Indonesian island of Bangka and the capital of the province of Bangka-Belitung. Landmarks in the city include the Timah Museum, a Chinese temple, and the Pasir Padi beach. In order to control rich tin mines deposit on eastern Bangka, Ducth colonials moved the capital of Bangka Belitung resident from Muntok to Pangkal Pinang in 1907.
Pangkal Pinang's population was 108,411 in 1990 and has risen to 134,082 in 2005. The population is mainly Malay, and a big portion of the population consists of Indonesian Chinese, who originally immigrated from Guangdong province of southern China. They are called 'Peranakan' ("Children of the Indies") locally, and they speak a Hakka dialect. But in conversation with another Chinese, they call themselves Thong Ngin (Tang People) and Fan Ngin for local Malay.
Pangkal Pinang is one of the major ports on the Java Sea, and tin, pepper, fish, and copra are exported from here. There is a producing industry of coastal vessels here, and deep-sea fishing in the Java Sea is important for the town.
The town has an airport 2.350 M length and 9 Boeing 737 series flight from Jakarta and Palembang, and is connected by paved asphalt treated roads to other towns on the island. There is important household manufacturing weaving, plating, metal-work, carving and basket making.
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Last revised on November 02, 2009
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