Pangkal Pinang is the largest town on the Indonesian island of Bangka and the capital of the province of Bangka-Belitung. Bangka can refer to: the former name of Wanhua district of Taipei City Bangka Island, an island of Indonesia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Map showing Bangka-Belitung province in Indonesia Bangka-Belitung is one of the provinces of Indonesia. ...

Location

Pangkal Pinang is situated in the central parts of Bangka's Eastern coast, at 2°9′ S 106°8′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=2_9_S_106_8_E_).

Climate

• Climatic dates ....... Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov-Dec
• Max. temperatures . 28 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 30 - 30 - 30 - 30 - 30 - 30 - 29 - 28 °C
• Min. temperatures .. 23 - 23 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 25 - 24 - 24 - 24 - 24 - 23 - 23 °C
• Precipitation .......... 65 - 72 - 45 - 56 - 50 - 39 - 42 - 48 - 39 - 36 - 53 - 61 mm

Population

Pangkal Pinang's population was 108,411 in 1990 and has risen to 134,082 in 2005. The population mainly consists of Hakka, who originally immigrated from China's province Kwangtung. They are called 'Peranakan' ("Children of the Indies") locally, and they speak a Hakka dialect. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hakka (Chinese: 客家; pinyin: kèjiā, 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. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Kwangtung in older transliteration; Cantonese: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Economics

Pangkal Pinang is one of the major ports on the Java Sea, and tin, pepper, fish, and copra are exported from here. There is a producing industry of coastal vessels here, and deep-sea fishing in the Java Sea is important for the town. The Java Sea (Jawa Sea) is a large ( 310,000 sq. ... General Name, Symbol, Number tin, Sn, 50 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14 (IVA), 5, p Density, Hardness 7310 kg/m3, 1. ... Compact orange pepper plants in the genus Capsicum. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. ...

The town has an airport, and is connected by roads to other towns on the island.

There is important household manufacturing of weaving, plaiting, metal-work, carving and basket making.

Sights

• Timah Museum
• Chinese Temple