Bangka-Belitung

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Bangka-Belitung

Motto: Serumpun Sebalai

Capital	Pangkal Pinang
Governor	Hudarni Rani
Area	18,724.74 km²
Population	1,300,000
Ethnic groups	Malays (72%), Chinese (28%)
Religion	Muslim (81.8%), Buddhist (8.7%), Confucianism (5.1%), Protestant (2.4%), Catholic (1.7%), Hindu (0.1%)
Languages	Indonesian, Hakka (Chinese)
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Web site	[1]

Bangka-Belitung is a province of Indonesia. It includes two islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones, which lie east of Sumatra, 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.

The province was formerly part of South Sumatra, but became an independent province along with Banten and Gorontalo in 2000. In 2004 its population was 1,012,655. The capital is Pangkal Pinang.

These island prouced large mining (the largest producers of tin in Indonesia). The islands are also abundant with prouction of white pepper CPO etc.

Bangka Belitung also have many beautiful beaches and smaller islands which have attracted many tourists from around the world. The famous beaches are Matras beach, Parai beach, Tanjung Pesona beach, Batu Bedaun beach, Remodong beach, Pasir Padi Beach, Tanjung Kelian Beach, Rebo beach, Telok Uber Beach and many others.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Bangka-Belitung is divided into six regencies (kabupaten) and 1 city (kota):

Bangka (capital: Sungai Liat)
West Bangka (Bangka Barat) (capital: Muntok)
South Bangka (Bangka Selatan)(capital: Toboali)
Central Bangka (Bangka Tengah) (capital: Koba)
Belitung (capital : Tanjung Pandan)
East Belitung (Belitung Kimur) (capital: Manggar)
Pangkal Pinang (city)

Coordinates: 2°8′S 106°7′E

Provinces of Indonesia

Sumatra:	Aceh \| North Sumatra \| West Sumatra \| Bengkulu \| Riau \| Riau Islands \| Jambi \| South Sumatra \| Lampung \| Bangka-Belitung
Java:	Jakarta \| West Java \| Banten \| Central Java \| Yogyakarta \| East Java
Kalimantan:	West Kalimantan \| Central Kalimantan \| South Kalimantan \| East Kalimantan
Lesser Sunda Islands:	Bali \| West Nusa Tenggara \| East Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi:	West Sulawesi \| North Sulawesi \| Central Sulawesi \| South Sulawesi \| South East Sulawesi \| Gorontalo
Maluku Islands and New Guinea:	Maluku \| North Maluku \| West Irian Jaya \| Papua