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Riau Islands ([Indonesian language:
Kepulauan Riau (
Kepri or
Riau Kepulauan) is a province of Indonesia, consisting of
Riau Archipelago,
Natuna Islands, Anambas, and
Lingga Islands.
Originally part of the Riau Province, the Riau Islands were split off as a separate
Provinces of Indonesia in July
2004 with
Tanjung Pinang as its capital. The archipelagos of Anambas and Natuna Islands, located between mainland Malaysia and
Borneo were attached to the new province.
Batam has a majority of the province's population. Other populated major islands include Bintan,
Batam and Karimun. Sizewise, however, the sparsely populated
Natuna Islands are larger. There are around 3,200 islands in the province.
Language
The official standard for Malay, as agreed upon by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is Riau language, the language of the Riau Archipelago, long considered the birthplace of the Malay language.
History
From Srivijayan times until the 16th century, Riau was a natural part of greater
Malays (ethnic group) kingdoms or sultanates, in the heart of what is often called the
Malay World, which stretches from eastern Sumatra to Borneo. The Malay-related
Orang Laut tribes inhabited the islands and formed the backbone of most Malay kingdoms from Srivijaya to the
Sultanate of Johor for the control of trade routes going through the Strait of Malacca.
After the fall of Sultanate of Malacca in
1511, the Riau islands became the center of political power of the mighty Sultanate of Johor or Johor-Riau, based on
Bintan island, and were for long considered the center of
Malays (ethnic group) culture.
But history changed the fate of Riau as a political, cultural or economic center when European powers struggled to control the regional trade routes and took advantage of political weaknesses within the sultanate. Singapore island, that had been for centuries part of the same greater Malay kingdoms and sultanates, and under direct control of the Sultan of Johor, came under control of the British.
The creation of a European-controlled territory in the heart of the Johor-Riau natural boundaries broke the sultanate into two parts, destroying the cultural and political unity that had existed for centuries. The
Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 consolidated this separation, with the British controlling all territories north of the Singapore strait and the
Dutch East Indies controlling territories from Riau to Java (island).
After the European powers withdrew from the region, the new independent governments had to reorganize and find balance after inheriting 400 years of colonial boundaries. Before finding their current status, the territories of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Borneo struggled and even came into military conflict against each other, and the Riau islands once again found themselves in the middle of a
Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.
The strong cultural unity of the region with Riau in the heart of this region never returned, and the line drawn by the British in 1819 remained, devinding the area into three new countries in 1965: Singapore, the Malaysian federation in the north, and Indonesia in the south.
Some level of unity returned in the Riau region for the first time after 150 years with the creation of the Sijori Growth Triangle in 1989. But while bringing back some economical wealth to Riau, the Sijori Growth Triangle somewhat further broke the cultural unity within the islands. With
Batam island receiving most of the industrial investments and dramatically developing into a regional industrial center, it attracted hundred of thousands of non-Malay Indonesian migrants, changing forever the demographic balance in the archipelago.
Today the name of Riau merely refers to this administrative region of Indonesia, a free trade zone heavily supported by Indonesian, Singaporean and international investments.
Administrative division
This province is divided into 4 regencies:
and 2 cities: Batam and
Tanjung Pinang
External links
{{Infobox Provinces of Indonesia| name = Riau Islands| country=Indonesia| logo=| motto ="Berpancang Amanah Bersauh Marwah"| capital=Tanjung Pinang| ethnicity = predominantly [Malays (ethnic group) with a small number of Chinese| religion =
Islam| governor= Ismeth Abdullah| site= www.pemkab-kepri.go.id| map=|-->Riau Islands ([Indonesian language:
Kepulauan Riau (
Kepri or
Riau Kepulauan) is a province of
Indonesia, consisting of
Riau Archipelago,
Natuna Islands,
Anambas, and Lingga Islands.
Originally part of the Riau Province, the Riau Islands were split off as a separate Provinces of Indonesia in July
2004 with Tanjung Pinang as its capital. The archipelagos of Anambas and
Natuna Islands, located between mainland
Malaysia and
Borneo were attached to the new province.
Batam has a majority of the province's population. Other populated major islands include
Bintan,
Batam and Karimun. Sizewise, however, the sparsely populated Natuna Islands are larger. There are around 3,200 islands in the province.
Language
The official standard for Malay, as agreed upon by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is Riau language, the language of the Riau Archipelago, long considered the birthplace of the Malay language.
History
From
Srivijayan times until the 16th century, Riau was a natural part of greater
Malays (ethnic group) kingdoms or sultanates, in the heart of what is often called the
Malay World, which stretches from eastern Sumatra to Borneo. The Malay-related
Orang Laut tribes inhabited the islands and formed the backbone of most Malay kingdoms from Srivijaya to the Sultanate of Johor for the control of trade routes going through the Strait of Malacca.
After the fall of
Sultanate of Malacca in 1511, the Riau islands became the center of political power of the mighty Sultanate of Johor or
Johor-Riau, based on
Bintan island, and were for long considered the center of Malays (ethnic group) culture.
But history changed the fate of Riau as a political, cultural or economic center when European powers struggled to control the regional trade routes and took advantage of political weaknesses within the sultanate.
Singapore island, that had been for centuries part of the same greater Malay kingdoms and sultanates, and under direct control of the Sultan of
Johor, came under control of the British.
The creation of a European-controlled territory in the heart of the Johor-Riau natural boundaries broke the sultanate into two parts, destroying the cultural and political unity that had existed for centuries. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 consolidated this separation, with the British controlling all territories north of the Singapore strait and the
Dutch East Indies controlling territories from Riau to
Java (island).
After the European powers withdrew from the region, the new independent governments had to reorganize and find balance after inheriting 400 years of colonial boundaries. Before finding their current status, the territories of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Borneo struggled and even came into military conflict against each other, and the Riau islands once again found themselves in the middle of a Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.
The strong cultural unity of the region with Riau in the heart of this region never returned, and the line drawn by the British in 1819 remained, devinding the area into three new countries in 1965: Singapore, the Malaysian federation in the north, and Indonesia in the south.
Some level of unity returned in the Riau region for the first time after 150 years with the creation of the Sijori Growth Triangle in 1989. But while bringing back some economical wealth to Riau, the Sijori Growth Triangle somewhat further broke the cultural unity within the islands. With Batam island receiving most of the industrial investments and dramatically developing into a regional industrial center, it attracted hundred of thousands of non-Malay Indonesian migrants, changing forever the demographic balance in the archipelago.
Today the name of Riau merely refers to this administrative region of Indonesia, a free trade zone heavily supported by Indonesian, Singaporean and international investments.
Administrative division
This province is divided into 4 regencies:
and 2 cities:
Batam and
Tanjung Pinang
External links
Riau Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Riau Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Riau (Kepri or Riau Kepulauan) is a province of Indonesia, consisting of Riau Archipelago, Natuna Islands, Anambas, and Lingga Islands.
Riau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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