Bangka is an island lying east of Sumatra,Indonesia. It is administered under the province of the Bangka Belitung Islands,being one of its namesakes alongside the smaller island of Belitung across the Gaspar Strait. The 9th largest island in Indonesia,it had a population of 1,146,581 at the 2020 census;the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,191,300. It is the location of the provincial capital of Pangkal Pinang,and is administratively divided into four regencies and a city. The island itself and the surrounding sea suffers considerable environmental damage from its thriving tin mining industry which operates on- and offshore.
Belitung is an island on the east coast of Sumatra,Indonesia in the Java Sea. It covers 4,859 km2 (1,876.1 sq mi),and had a population of 309,097 at the 2020 Census;the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 320,500. Administratively,it forms two regencies within the province of Bangka-Belitung Islands. The island is known for its pepper and for its tin. It was in the possession of the United Kingdom from 1812 until Britain ceded control of the island to the Netherlands in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. Its main town is Tanjung Pandan. The United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization has declared 17 tourist attractions in the Belitung Geopark as world geoparks.
Muntok or,more commonly,Mentok is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung on the island of Sumatra. The capital of West Bangka Regency,it is the site of the biggest tin smelter on the world. Mentok refers to the tip of the island.
Manggar is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung,Indonesia which is a port on the east coast of Belitung Island,and is the seat of the East Belitung Regency. The town was founded as a tin mining town in the 19th century.
University of Bangka Belitung is a public university in Bangka Belitung province,Indonesia. Located just outside the provincial capital of Pangkal Pinang in the Merawang subdistrict of Bangka Regency,it is the only public university in the province.
Isran Noor is an Indonesian politician and academic who is the governor of East Kalimantan from 2018 to 2023.
Eddy Santana Putra is an Indonesian politician who is currently a member of the House of Representatives,and was the mayor of Palembang between 2003 and 2013. He was a member of PDI-P until 2018,when he moved to Gerindra. Originating from Pangkal Pinang,he was elected as mayor of Palembang through both a city council vote and direct popular vote.
Emil Elestianto Dardak is an Indonesian politician who is the Vice Governor of East Java. Before becoming Vice Governor,he was the regent of Trenggalek Regency between 2016 and 2019 and was a singer cum actor prior to his political career.
Ahmad Hudarni Rani was an Indonesian politician who was a member of the Regional Representative Council. Rani was the first elected Governor of Bangka-Belitung Islands,serving between 2002 and 2007.
Erzaldi Rosman Djohan has served as the governor of Bangka-Belitung Islands,Indonesia,since 2017.
Ibnu Saleh was an Indonesian politician,member of the Nasdem Party. Between 2016 and 2017,he was Deputy Regent of the Central Bangka Regency,and Regent from 2017 till his death in office during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
Nurhajizah Marpaung is an Indonesian retired military officer and politician who became the Vice Governor of North Sumatra from 2017 until 2018. Her last position in the military was as the General Counsel of the Ministry of Defense. She unsuccessfully ran for Regent of Asahan in 2015 and 2020.
Sungai Selan is a district (kecamatan) of Central Bangka Regency,in the Bangka-Belitung province of Indonesia.
Klemen Tinal was an Indonesian politician from the Golkar party. He held the office of the Regent of Mimika from 2001 until 2006 and again from 2008 until 2013. He won the 2013 election for Vice Governor of Papua and was installed in office on 9 April 2013. Tinal won re-election in 2018;his second term as Vice Governor ended abruptly due to his death on 21 May 2021.
Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe was an Indonesian bureaucrat and politician. He served as the Vice Governor of North Sumatra from 1997 until 2003,Speaker of the North Sumatra Regional People's Representative Council from 2004 until 2008,and MP from 2009 to 2014 and from 2017 until his death.
The Port of Tanjung Kalian is a seaport located in the town of Muntok,in West Bangka Regency of the Bangka Belitung Islands,Indonesia. It serves as both a cargo port and a passenger ferry port,connecting the island of Bangka to Sumatra through the opposite Port of Tanjung Api-Api in South Sumatra.
