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| Location of Riau in Indonesia | |||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
| Capital | Pekanbaru | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Rusli Zainal | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 75,569 km2 (29,177.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010)[1] | |||
| • Total | 6,043,031 | ||
| • Density | 80/km2 (207.1/sq mi) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| • Ethnic groups | Malay (38%), Javanese (25%), Minangkabau (11%), Batak (7%), Banjarese (4%), Chinese (4%), Buginese (2%) [2] | ||
| • Religion | Muslim (88%), Buddhist (6%), Catholic (5%), Protestant (1%), Hindu (0.2%) | ||
| • Languages | Malay, Indonesian, Minangkabau, Hokkien | ||
| Time zone | WIB (UTC+7) | ||
| Website | www.riau.go.id | ||
Riau is a province of Indonesia, located in the center of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca. The provincial capital and largest city is Pekanbaru. Other major cities includes Dumai, Selat Panjang, Bagansiapiapi, Bengkalis, Bangkinang, Rengat and Siak Sri Indrapura.
Indonesian was based on the Riau version of Malay language.
Riau is currently one of the richest provinces in Indonesia. This province is rich with natural resources, particularly petroleum, natural gas, rubber, palm oil and fiber plantations. However extensive logging lead to massive decline of forest cover from 78% in 1982 to only 33% in 2005.[3]
The Riau Islands were part of Riau province until 2004, when they were made a separate province.
Since 1970s, the majority of Indonesia has been experiencing declining population growth rates. Riau has been a significant exception, with increasing rates every decade since 1970 to 4.35 percent annual rise for the 1990s.[4] The provincial population is 5,543,031 (As of the 2010 census).[1]
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Riau is home to various dialects of the Malay and Chinese language. The dominant language used by the Malay population is Riau Malay, on which the national language, Indonesian, is based. The Chinese population speaks a Min Nan language known as Riau Hokkien. This language originated in the southern part of Fujian province in the south-eastern part of China.
The dialect of Indonesian spoken in this region is considered by linguists as having one of the least complex grammars among the languages of the world (apart from creoles), possessing neither noun declensions, nor temporal distinctions, nor subject/object distinctions, nor singular/plural distinction. For example, the phrase Ayam makan (lit. 'chicken eat') can mean, in context, anything from 'the chicken is eating', to 'I ate some chicken', 'the chicken that is eating' and 'when we were eating chicken'.[5] A possible reason for this is that Riau Indonesian has been used as a lingua franca for communication between different people in this area during its history, and extensive foreign-language use of this kind tends to simplify the grammar of a language used.[6]
Riau Indonesian served as a basis for the modern national language, Indonesian, which however has extensive additional influence from Javanese, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch and English, among others.
The economy of Riau expanded faster (8.66% in 2006) than the Indonesian average (6.04% in 2006). Largely a resource-based economy, including crude oil (600,000 bpd), palm oil and other forest products. Local government income benefits from a greater share of revenue of tax (mainly crude oil) due to the decentralization law in 2004.[7]
Riau's forest area is 8 million ha. Giam Siak Small Biosphere Reserves - Bukit Batu Riau (CG-GSK-BB) is an awareness of Riau on the environment and natural
Biosphere Reserves Giam Siak Small-Bukit Batu Riau for the World Natural Heritage Giam Siak Small Biosphere Reserves - Bukit Batu Riau (CG-GSK-BB) is one of seven Biosphere Reserve in Indonesia. Located in two areas of government that is Bengkalis and Siak in Riau Province. CG-GSK-BB Riau set in session 21st Session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Proggramme UNESCO in Jeju, South Korea, May 26, 2009. CG-GSK-BB is one of 22 locations of the proposed 17 countries are accepted as a biosphere reserve in that year. Biosphere Reserve is the only concept of environmental conservation and cultivation of internationally recognized. Thus, supervision and development will be a worldwide concern over the region.
CG-GSK-BB to be typical for Peat Swamp Forest is second to none in this world, quite different peculiar to the Forest Peat Kampar Peninsula (with a little swamp). Another peculiarity is the CG-GSK-BB is initiated by private parties who cooperate with the government through BBKSDA (Center for Conservation of Natural Resources). In this area, the name of the Sinar Mas Group improved enough since this is the group of companies that initiate from a private party.
| North Sumatra | North Sumatra | Malacca Strait | ||
| West Sumatra | South China Sea Riau Islands |
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| West Sumatra | Jambi | Jambi |
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