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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books on: Riau Archipelago  - 183 results

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Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago
Book by Peter Bellwood; University of Hawaii Press, 1997
Subjects: Indonesia--Antiquities, Malaysia--Antiquities, Prehistoric Peoples--Indonesia, Prehistoric Peoples--Malaysia
...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...
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Customary Strangers: New Perspectives on Peripatetic Peoples in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
Book by Joseph C. Berland, Aparna Rao; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Human Territoriality, Nomads
...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...
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Emerging Democracy in Indonesia
Book by Aris Ananta, Evi Nurvidya Arifin, Leo Suryadinata; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005
Subjects: Democracy--Indonesia, Elections--Indonesia, Indonesia--Politics And Government--1998-, Political Parties--Indonesia
...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...
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South-East Asia: A Short History
Book by Brian Harrison; Macmillan, 1955
Subjects: Asia, Southeastern--History
...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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The Formation of Federal Indonesia, 1945-1949
Book by A. Arthur Schiller; W. Van Hoeve Ltd, 1955
Subjects: Indonesia--Politics And Government
...this are Oostkust van Sumatra, Madura, Riau. The Bahasa Indonesia version of names...Dutch-occupied portions of the Indonesian archipelago during the years from 1945 to 1949...government chosen for the areas of the archipelago gradually being absorbed into the colony...
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journal articles on: Riau Archipelago  - 39 results

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Orang Suku Laut Communities at Risk: Effects of Modernization on the Resource Base, Livelihood and Culture of the 'Sea Tribe People' of the Riau Islands (Indonesia)
Journal article by Lioba Lenhart; Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 5, 2001
Subjects: Economic development--Social aspects, Economic policy--Evaluation, Nomads, Nomads--Sedentarisation, Social structure--Observations
...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...
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Identity, Media and the Margins: Radio in Pekanbaru, Riau (Indonesia)
Journal article by Suryadi; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 36, 2005
Subjects: Radio broadcasting--Analysis, Radio broadcasting--Forecasts and trends, Radio broadcasting--Social aspects, Radio stations--Location, Radio stations--Management
...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...
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Rules for Rulers: Obscure Texts, Authority, and Policing in Two Malay States
Journal article by Timothy P. Barnard; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 32, 2001
Subjects: Crime--Management, Imperialism--Southeast Asia, Punishment--Management, Southeast Asia--History
...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...
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Kettle on a Slow Boil: Batavia's Threat Perceptions in the Indies' Outer Islands, 1870-1910
Journal article by Eric Tagliacozzo; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 31, 2000
Subjects: Cartography--Southeast Asia, Colonization--Southeast Asia, Netherlands--History, Trade routes--Southeast Asia
...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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A Literary Mycelium: Some Prolegomena for a Project on Indonesian Literatures in Malay
Journal article by Will Derks; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 32, 2001
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Analysis, Malaysia--Literature, Malaysian literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mycology--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...made Pulau Penyengat in the Riau archipelago or Yogyakarta in the post-war...opposite Tanjung Pinang in the Riau Archipelago where, until the beginning of...the Kabupaten Kepulauan (the Riau Archipelago), which consists of more than...
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magazine articles on: Riau Archipelago  - 2 results

 
 
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Twenty-Foot Equivalent
Magazine article by Jean Rolin; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 112, Winter 2005
Subjects: Ocean travel--Personal narratives, Ocean travel--Statistics
...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...
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Another Year of Living Dangerously?
Magazine article by Rajan Menon; The National Interest, Fall 2001
Subjects: Economic history--Indonesia, Ethnic relations--Indonesia, Indonesia--Economic aspects, Indonesians--Social aspects, Megawati Sukarnoputri--Political activity, Religion--Political aspects, Suharto--Political activity
...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...


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newspaper articles on: Riau Archipelago  - 3 results

 
 
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ASEAN University
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 5, 2009
Subjects: Universities and colleges--Indonesia
...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...
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Poisoned like Pests; Rare Elephant Family Killed (in Case They Trample Crops)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 2, 2006
...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...
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The Tropical Life in Camarines Norte
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2007
...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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encyclopedia articles on: Riau Archipelago  - 8 results

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Riau Archipelago
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...
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Lingga Archipelago
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LINGGA ARCHIPELAGO see Riau Archipelago . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Riouw Archipelago
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RIOUW ARCHIPELAGO see Riau Archipelago , Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Singapore Strait
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...
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Johor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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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