Riau Islands

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archipelagic region province of Indonesia

The Riau Islands are an Indonesian archipelago in the South China Sea known for their strategic location near Singapore and Malaysia, maritime trade routes, and growing tourism industry.

Aliases (5)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelagic region → province of Indonesia →
borders	Bangka Belitung Islands → Jambi Province → Malaysia → Riau Province → Singapore →
capital	Tanjung Pinang →
country	Indonesia →
createdAsProvince	2002 →
economySector	electronics → manufacturing → oil and gas → shipbuilding → tourism →
ethnicGroup	Batak → Chinese Indonesians → Javanese → Malay →
governorSeat	Tanjung Pinang →
hasFreeTradeZone	Batam → Bintan → Karimun →
hasIsland	Anambas Islands → Batam → Bintan → Galang → Karimun → Lingga Islands → Natuna Islands → Rempang →
hasMajorPort	Batam Port → Tanjung Balai Karimun Port →
knownFor	beach tourism → diving sites → free trade zones → proximity to Singapore → strategic maritime location →
largestCity	Batam →
localLanguage	Hakka Chinese → Hokkien Chinese → Malay →
locatedIn	South China Sea → Southeast Asia →
majorReligion	Islam →
officialLanguage	Indonesian →
partOf	Republic of Indonesia →
religion	Buddhism → Christianity →
separatedFrom	Riau Province →
timeZone	UTC+07:00 →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Riau Islands ("Bintan") → Riau Islands ("Natuna Islands") →	hasIsland
Singapore Strait ("Bintan Island") →	adjacentTo
Riau →	borders
Indonesia →	containsIsland
Bugis →	diasporaRegion
Sumatra →	dividedInto
Riau Islands ("Bintan") →	hasFreeTradeZone
Indonesian archipelago →	hasMajorIsland
Indonesian archipelago ("Riau Archipelago") →	hasSubregion
Malay peoples →	nativeTo
Ghazal Melayu ("Riau Islands region") →	originatesFrom
Johor Sultanate ("Riau Archipelago") →	region
Singapore Strait →	separates