Bagansiapiapi is a small town near Dumai, Riau, Indonesia. It's located at the delta of Rokan River, East Sumatra, accross the strait west of Malacca. The town area is populated mainly by Chinese that arrived at the end of 19th century or the beginning of 20th century. Map of Indonesia showing Riau province Detailed map of Riau Riau is a province of Indonesia, located in the center of Sumatra island along the Strait of Malacca. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh Capital Malacca Town Governor Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd. ...

Chinese in Bagansiapiapi mainly are Hokkien originated from Tang5-Ua*1 (Tong2An1, now part of E7-Mng5/Xiamen), Kim1-Mng5 (Jin1Men2/Kinmen), and Cin3-Kang1 (Jin4Jiang1/Jinjiang). There are some Teochew living mainly at the southern part and a minority of Khek/Hakka. All Chinese there communicate in Tang5-Ua*1 dialect of Hokkien. Hokkien can refer to: The Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese dialect, often called Minnan or Minnanhua (Southern Min), a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese A transliteration of the name of the Fujian province of China. ... Xiamen (Simplified: 厦门; Traditional: 廈門; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsiamen) is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Quemoy, Kinmen, or Chinmen (金門, pinyin: Jīnmén, POJ: Kim-mn̂g) (pop. ... Jinjiang is a county-level city of Quanzhou Municipality in Fujian. ... Teochiu can refer to: Chaozhou(潮州), a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. ... Hakka (Traditional: 客家; Simplified: 客家; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literal meaning guest families) are a Han Chinese people whose ancestors are said to originate from around Henan and Shanxi in northern China over 2700 years ago. ... Hokkien can refer to: The Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese dialect, often called Minnan or Minnanhua (Southern Min), a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese A transliteration of the name of the Fujian province of China. ...

Bagansiapiapi has ever be one of the biggest fish producer in the world in the late 1980's or the early of 1990's. It takes the third place in rank.

Some say it's Chinatown of Indonesia.

Every year, the Chinese community celebrate the Bagan's Anniversary on the 16th, 5th month of the Lunar year. It's believed that the first group landed on Bagan on that day.