RIAU ARCHIPELAGO

rēˈou, rēˈō, island group (1990 pop. 568,019), 2,280 sq mi (5,905 sq km), Indonesia, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, separated from Malaya by the Strait of Singapore. Its largest island, Bintan, has extensive bauxite and tin deposits, is being developed as a tourist destination, and is the site of Tanjung Pinang (1980 pop. 36,999), chief city of the group. Together with the Lingga Archipelago to the south, it forms the Riau-Lingga Archipelago of Indonesia.

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...sources of the islands of the archipelago, it is clear that it had...small groups such as the Riau and Lingga Islands. Its eastern...Sulawesi, Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago, then up to include the Calamianes...Within the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago, this zone forms the warmer...
...Bangka-Belitung 478,748 3 159,583 51 I Riau Archipelago 566,126 3 188,709 52 Bali...Bangka-Belitung, Riau into Riau and Riau Archipelago, West Java into West Java and...For example, the province of Riau Archipelago did not exist during the 1999...
...The Orang Suku Laut: Owners of or Strangers in the Riau Archipelago of Indonesia? Cynthia...spatially mobile communities of fishermen in the Riau Archipelago of Indonesia. In his contribution Emanuel Marx also...
...MAPS at end THE MALAYAN ARCHIPELAGO MALAYA...to be that the knowledge has spread through the Eastern Archipelago that the Malays of Malaya are more prosperous and contented...
...preferring to avoid the difficulties of navigation and the dangers of piracy in the Strait of Singapore and the Riau Archipelago, would turn to the more open sea-route via the Sunda Strait. But gradually, in the course of the fifteenth century...
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...Violent Conflict in Riau Archipelago, Indonesia: An Early...Imagine: Nationalism in Riau". In Framing Indonesian...New Order Mentawai Archipelago". In Renegotiating...Power Hierarchy in the Riau Archipelago". In Regionalism in...
...Riau, while the island area is Riau Kepulauan or the Riau Archipelago. Despite this recent political change, the region...parts: the Malay Peninsula under the British and the Riau Archipelago and Riau mainland under the Dutch; see, for example...
...Tribe People of the Indonesian Riau Archipelago are one of several mobile fishing...in the northern part of the Riau Archipelago and regular revisits of my research...Outline of the Region The Riau Archipelago is part of the Indonesian Province...
...for the sultanate of Riau-Lingga, the archipelago to the south of Singapore...now living in the Riau Archipelago, invited Bugis mercenaries...their grip over the archipelago in the late nineteenth century, Siak and Riau-Lingga maintained...
...islands that make up the Riau Archipelago opposite Singapore served...sails, with Lingga (in Riau) being identified as...period, the numbers of archipelago peoples making the journey...year after year. 134 Riau did not see significant...
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...Phillip Channel. The channel winds its way past a multitude of Indonesian islands, uneven in size, sometimes called the Riau Archipelago, the most remarkable of which--at least to my mind--are Lengkana and Batam. On the night of 26 September 1981, following...
...state, a sprawling archipelago of 13,600 islands...flee. Lombok and Riau have also experienced...nationalism. Maluku, the archipelago comprising the...nationalism in Riau province, Indonesias...Singapore and the Riau archipelago, adds to the danger...
...co-religionists in other parts of the archipelago. Radical Muslim groups in Java...those provinces like Aceh, Riau and Irian Jaya (West Papua...is the starting point with Riau, which has yet to reap the...religious conflict throughout the archipelago, the example of the former...
...product to other parts of the archipelago and abroad leaving its inhabitants...autonomy from places as diverse as Riau - where students and lecturers...Pinang are demanding a `Free Riau - and West Sumatra, where university...components of the Indonesian archipelago could well split apart. The...


 

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...Indonesian time, which is an hour behind Singapore.Batam is part of the Indonesian province of KepRi (Kepuluan Riau or Riau Archipelago). Declared a free port and trade zone in 1989, Batam has pushed the development of the province. By 2008, it had...
...wasteland. Sumatra, the second-largest island in the Indonesian archipelago, is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet...It was announced in 2004 that the jungle near the town of Riau on Sumatra had been declared a National Park. A significant...
...global warming -- released each year by the Southeast Asian archipelago, according to government estimates.Environment group WWF says forest loss and degradation, peat decomposition and fires in Riau province, which includes Kampar, cause annual carbon emissions...
...Hua Quao University and Mei University), Indonesia (Putra Riau) and South Korea (Sungmo University). The local teams came...called "Bicolanos Boracay". Located in the Pacificside of the archipelago, off the coast of Camarines Norte, these untouched islands...


 

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RIAU ARCHIPELAGO re ou, re o, island group (1990 pop. 568,019), 2,280 sq mi (5...Together with the Lingga Archipelago to the south, it forms the Riau-Lingga Archipelago of Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
LINGGA ARCHIPELAGO see Riau Archipelago . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
RIOUW ARCHIPELAGO see Riau Archipelago , Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
SINGAPORE STRAIT channel, 30 mi (48 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, between Singapore island and the Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. It links the Strait of Malacca with the South China Sea and is a major shipping route of SE Asia...
...fall of Malacca (Melaka) to the Portuguese (1511), the former sultan of Malacca continued to rule over Johor and the Riau Archipelago. In the 18th cent. the Bugis, a Malay people from Sulawesi, became dominant in Johor. In 1819 a British-installed...
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