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Bangka Island is an island lying east of Sumatra, Indonesia. Population (1990) 626,955. Area: c.4,600 sq mi (11,910 km²). Occasionally Bangka is misspelt "Banka" island but officially the name is "Pulau Bangka". Image File history File links Size of this preview: 627 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2036 × 1948 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ...
There is an additional small island named Pulau Bangka in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Sulawesi (formerly more commonly known as Celebes, IPA: a Portuguese-originated form of the name) is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. ...
Geography Bangka is an island province together with Belitung Island. Bangka lies just east of Sumatra, separated by the Bangka Strait; to the north lies the South China Sea, to the east, across the Gaspar Strait, is the island of Belitung, and to the south is the Java Sea. The size is about 12,000 km². Most of the geographical faces of the island consists of lower plains, swamps, small hills, beautiful beaches, white pepper fields and tin minings. Belitung, formerly known as Billiton, is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. ...
Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ...
Bangka Strait is a strait which separates the island of Sumatra and Bangka Island in the Java Sea, Indonesia. ...
Filipino name Tagalog: Luzon Sea Portuguese name Portuguese: Mar da China Meridional Vietnamese name Vietnamese: The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. ...
The Gaspar Strait (Indonesian: Selat Gelasa) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Belitung and Bangka Island. ...
Belitung, formerly known as Billiton, is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. ...
The Java Sea (Jawa Sea) is a large (310,000 km²), shallow sea in the southern Pacific Ocean. ...
The largest town is Pangkalpinang in Chinese Hakka "Pinkong", also as the capital of Bangka-Belitung, Sungailiat in Chinese Hakka dialect "Liatkong" is the second largest city in Bangka island. Muntok is the principal port in the west. The other important town are Toboali in the southern region, Koba an important tin mining town, also located on the southern part of the island, and Belinyu a town famous for its seafood products. Pangkal Pinang is the largest town on the Indonesian island of Bangka and the capital of the province of Bangka-Belitung. ...
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Koba can refer to: Koba, from the novel the 1883 novel The Patricide by Alexander Kazbegi Joseph Stalin, a pseudonym after Kazbegis characher Koba (English play), by Raymond Williams, based on Stalins life but set in a fictional context. ...
Economy Since c. 1710, Bangka has been one of the world's principal tin-producing centers. Tin production is an Indonesian government monopoly, and there is a smelter at Muntok. Pepper is also produced on the island. // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number tin, Sn, 50 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 5, p Appearance silvery lustrous gray Standard atomic weight 118. ...
A monopoly (from the Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry. ...
Binomial name L. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. ...
Demographics The majority of the inhabitants are Malay Indonesians and Chinese, mostly Hakkas. The population is split between those who work the pepper farms and those who work on the tin mines.
History Bangka was ceded to Britain by the sultan of Palembang in 1812, but in 1814 it was exchanged with the Dutch for Cochin in India. The island was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945. It became part of independent Indonesia in 1949. The island, together with neighboring Belitung, was formerly part of South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan) province, but in 2000 the two islands became the new province of Bangka-Belitung. Bangka is famous for two other events; the Banka Island Massacre in WWII by the Japanese of Australian Nurses and as reputedly the setting for the book "Lord Jim" by Joseph Conrad. Bangka is also home to a number of communist Indonesians who have been under house arrest since the 1960's and are not permitted to leave the island. Location of Palembang Palembang is a city in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. ...
For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting...
Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Kochi ( ; Malayalam: []); formerly known as Cochin) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Map of South Sumatra province in Indonesia South Sumatra or Sumatera Selatan is one of the provinces of Indonesia. ...
The Banka Island Massacre, took place on 16 February 1942. ...
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad, originally published in Blackwoods Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. ...
// Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nałęcz-Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. ...
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Tourism Bangka is also known for its white-sand beaches : Parai beach and Matras beach located near Sungailiat city. Pangkalpinang city contains both Pasir Padi & Samfur beaches.
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External links | v • d • e Cities, Regencies, and Islands of Bangka-Belitung province |
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Bangka can refer to: the Holo name of Wanhua district of Taipei City Bangka Island, an island of Indonesia Bangka Regency, Indonesia Tagalog: bangka, an outrigger canoe Category: ...
Belitung, formerly known as Billiton, is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. ...
Cities (Kota): Pangkal Pinang Pangkal Pinang is the largest town on the Indonesian island of Bangka and the capital of the province of Bangka-Belitung. ...
Regencies: East Belitung | Belitung | Bangka | West Bangka | South Bangka | Central Bangka Bangka Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. ...
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