BANGKA & BELITUNG ISLAND
Bangka-Belitung is 1 of Republic of Indonesia provinces. It includes ii large islands, Bangka together with Belitung, together with several smaller ones, which prevarication due east of Sumatra, northeast of South Sumatra province. Bangka Belitung (BABEL) Islands tell is the 31st Province inwards Indonesia, 1 of the newest provinces. Bangka Belitung larn it’s approved equally a novel tell inwards 2001 separated with due south Sumatra. That acknowledgement is because of the people struggle. The portion that was a non bad tin mines, directly already to accomplish the novel stage inwards its life. It provisioned with the beautiful of nature, together with the uniquely of culture, Bangka Belitung pace to the amend future.
Supported past times the “Serumpun Sabalai” spirit together with abundant natural resources, it has been expecting a greater piece of employment to speed upward the isle region's development, namely Bangka regency, Belitung regency together with Pangkal Pinang metropolis through cooperation development. That authorization of civilization together with tourism is equally good supported past times its strategic location that tin connect with other interesting area. The body of body of water transportation that cash inwards one's chips the most accessibility inwards Bangka Belitung Island, is back upward its economic science activities alongside the Islands.
The richness of Bangka Belitung Island of nature together with tin mines until its maritime rich, brand Bangka Belitung a magnet for the novel comers to larn a amend life. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Balinese countryside is flora inwards this Island named Giri Jati village, consummate with all of Bali civilization that remembering us to Bali Island. Beside Bali tribe, nosotros equally good tin flora Bugis tribe that adds the various cultures inwards Bangka Balitung Island. This Bugis tribe tin hold upward flora inwards the fishermen hamlet at Tanjung Binga. Otherwise, the master tribe, Melayu civilization has rigid influence inwards the traditional ceremony together with religious ceremony. One of the ceremonies is Rebo Kasan Ceremony that done past times Air Anyer hamlet people. It is believed that 1 solar daytime of a year, the God give His 320,000 angels inwards the world. The people must together to pray. This ceremony was held inwards the beach, but directly on, it held inwards the mosque together with thus continued to the beach. Formerly, this ceremony cash inwards one's chips the people political party with its star political party is ‘Dambus’ art.
Geographically
Bangka Belitung tell is located betwixt 104°50' - 109°30' East Longitude together with 0°50' - 4°10' South Latitude, with its full expanse of 81,724.54 km.
Administrativelly
Administrativelly, Bangka Belitung comprises of 2 regencies together with 1 city, namely Bangka regency, Belitung regency together with Pangkal Pinang City, of which, the biggest regency's expanse is Bangka regency with 11,534.14 km area, together with the smallest is Pangkal Pinang City, with 89.40 km area.
Climate
There are ii seasons that are suitable for sailing to these islands: February-March together with October-November, when the air current together with the waves are low. The heaviest rainfall is about 2,500 mm per annum with its average temperature betwixt 25°C - 26°C.
Population
In 2001, Babel's population was 920,729 consisted of 462,640 men together with 458,089 women. The biggest population alongside the regencies was Bangka regency, 583,841 people, spell the most density population was Pangkalpinang City, with its 1,396 people/km. In 2001, the increment of population reached 1.49 % per annum averagely. Labor. In 2000, its project strength recorded equally many equally 100,825 people.
GENERAL CONDITION OF BANGKA ISLAND
Bangka Island is 1 of the isle belong to Bangka-Belitung Province. The refer Bangka is derived from the give-and-take ''Wangka'' which agency ''tin''. This give-and-take was equally good written inwards Sriwijaya inscription dated 686 AD together with discovered close Kota Kapur inwards West Bangka. Bangka lies due east of Sumatra. Pangkal Pinang is the largest town together with the working capital missive of the alphabet of Bangka Belitung, together with Sungailiat is the 2d large metropolis inwards Bangka Island. One village, called Kampung Kim Hin, lies to the due south of Sungailiat, this hamlet is known for a type of alcohol called arak, which is produced from fermented rice. While, Muntok is the principal port.
From DKI Jakarta it is 1 hr past times plane. It has beautiful beaches. Boat service from Palembang to Muntok or Pangkal Pinang is adequate together with should non accept to a greater extent than than an overnight voyage.
This Island population is or thus 600 one m people; consist of unlike ethnic groups, which come upward from all business office of Indonesia. There are a large seat out of Chinese inwards habitants peculiarly inwards the northward about Belinyu. Accountings for 30% of Bangka population, 66% of Bangka people yet depend of farming, other descendants of the tin mining companionship worker, angling together with other activities. Bangka has its ain unique crafts witch are made of Bahar root (a form of seaweed), craftsmen brand it into various kinds of souvenirs such equally rings, bracelets, cigarette pipes, etc. There are equally good handicrafts made of tin or pewter.
The best production from Bangka Island is "BANKATIN", which has a worldwide reputation alongside tin consumers equally criterion tin or marking "A" tin. The other of import products of the isle are safe together with pepper. During the Dutch business inwards Indonesia, the Muntok white Pepper became really famous together with continues to hold upward 1 of the best export commodities of Indonesia.
Sepintu Sedulang trip the low-cal fantastic performed to welcome distinguished guests, the trip the low-cal fantastic describes the open-hearted grapheme of Bangkanese people, it is equally good performed during festivals occasions, other trip the low-cal fantastic is Lion dance, it is performed to chase away evil spirits, some dancers existence nether a magicians influence cash inwards one's chips into a trance.
Geographically
The tell is surrounded past times South PRC Sea, Bangka straights together with Java Sea. Bangka lies merely due east of Sumatra, separated past times Bangka Strait. The marine surround about these islands is colorful. Bangka Island, which is situated at the Southern of the PRC Sea, it's betwixt Sumatra together with Kalimantan Island. The Blue Planet expanse is nigh 11,6 thousands foursquare Km, stretching 180 km from Northwest to Southeast, the isle has various highlands that are generally located inwards the middle of the isle together with many rivers follow various of the opened upward sea. There are many beautiful beaches located inwards the Northwest of Bangka Island. This Island is bordered by:
North Side: Natuna Sea
East side: Natuna Sea
South side: Pangkalpinang town together with Bangka Tengah Regency
West side:Bangka Barat Regency, Bangka Strait together with Kelabat Bay
North Side: Natuna Sea
East side: Natuna Sea
South side: Pangkalpinang town together with Bangka Tengah Regency
West side:Bangka Barat Regency, Bangka Strait together with Kelabat Bay
Demographics
The bulk of the inhabitants are Malay Indonesians together with Chinese generally Hakkas. The population is split upward betwixt those who piece of employment the pepper farms together with those who piece of employment on the tin mines.
Temperature
The average temperature on the isle is 26 marking C together with has an average rainfall of 179.3 mm per month; the rainy flavor is betwixt Oct to March. The average humidity is or thus fourscore %.
GENERAL CONDITION OF BELITUNG ISLAND
Belitung is an Island inwards South East Asia, a business office of Nation archipelago. Belitung is ruled past times Republic of Indonesia since 1950 together with became a district of South Sumatra province. On Nov 21st, 2000, Belitung together with Bangka Island has been approved to cash inwards one's chips the 31st tell of Republic of Indonesia separated from South Sumatra. This novel tell is called ‘Kepulauan Bangka Belitung’ province. This Island is placed at 107o 35' - 108o 18' Latitude together with 2o 30' - 3o 15' Longitude.
The length of the diameter from East to West is nigh 79 km together with North to South nigh 77 km. The full Blue Planet is 480.060 hectares with 189 minor islands surround Belitung. Some of them are quite large with a twain of villages. They are Mendanau Island, Seliu Island, Nadu Island together with Batu Dinding Island. Most of Belitung population is come upward of Melayu ethnic together with most of them are Moslem. There are another ethnics likes Chinese, Javanese, Balinese together with some people from Sumatra similar Palembang, Minang together with Batak. Belitung regency consists of nine districts together with 69 villages. The working capital missive of the alphabet of Belitung is Tanjungpandan, which remain at North West of this Island. The other large towns are Manggar, Gantung, Kelapa Kampit together with Sijuk. The primary resources, which equally good cash inwards one's chips the primary production of Belitung Island, are tin mining, kaolin, quartz sands, together with granite rock. The plantation are mainly palm oil, pepper, coconut, coffee, natural rubber, together with vegetable.
If seen from its tourism sector, Belitung is an isle with beautiful beaches, the unique landscape with its purely white sand, together with the crystal clear seawater. Belitung is equally good pop with its granite boulder white stones beach inwards Tanjung Tinggi, Tanjung Kelayang, Tanjung Binga dan Lengkuas Island. This beautiful nature is equally good accompanied past times hundreds of minor islands, which add together the beautiful tourism expanse inwards Belitung Island. Belitung Island is 1 of the best together with unique beaches ain inwards Indonesia.
Geographically
North coast of the isle is South PRC Sea, Java Sea on the South coast, Kari Mata strait on the East unopen to Kalimantan Island together with Gaspar strait on the West unopen to Bangka island. The Blue Planet is nigh 4833 foursquare km, 89 km long (East to West) together with 69 km broad (North to South) with diversified terrain, hilly areas together with extensive tracks of marshland. The climate is tropical, temperature about 27 - 31 C marking during the solar daytime together with 23 - 25 C marking during the night. There solely 2 flavor a year, rainy flavor (120mm) from Oct to Apr together with hot flavor during Apr to October. The highest Blue Planet is Tajam Mountain, solely 500m higher upward the sea. The others are merely a colina likes Burung Mandi, Kubing, Kik Karak, Peramun, Selumar, Guda, ect.
The Blue Planet surface is originally tropical forest, but since the evolution palm petroleum manufacture inwards 1992 to a greater extent than than 40% of the surface are palm petroleum plantation.
Bangka Island Tourism Objects
MATRAS BEACH
It is located inwards Sinar baru village, Sungailiat district inwards eastern of Bangka Island. It nigh nine Km from Sungailiat, it's considered equally the best inwards Bangka Island. The beach is nigh 3 kilometers long together with its width is almost thirty meters. It is unspoiled white sandy beach with kokosnoot trees about the beach area, the tropical breeze together with sunshine. Enjoy the warm together with clear waters of the bluish body of body of water or merely receive got a cooling swim inwards the river entering the sea. This beach ordinarily called equally the Heaven Beach because it surrounded with kokosnoot trees together with visited past times a lot of visitor. An easily accessible beach tin hold upward flora inwards the northeast of Bangka, 48 km from Pangkal Pinang together with 12 km from Sungai Liat.
PARAI TENGGIRI BEACH
This beach is 1 of Bangka Island’s prides. The beach is located inwards Sungailiat district. The visitors tin uncovering various forms of boulders inwards this beach, which add together its beauty. This beach is really ideal for having swimming, Sun bathing together with relax. Parai Tenggiri beach has the consummate facilities inwards Bangka Island. There are luxurious hotels together with H2O sport facilities. The tourists volition bask this beach with the local fishermen who e'er pass their days past times looking for fishes inwards the sea. The calmness together with fresh body of body of water air current volition greet the visitor when they larn inwards there. This welcomed course of written report brand the tourists experience comfortable to remain here.
ROMODONG BEACH
Romodong beach is located at Bukit Ketok village, Belinyu district, Bangka regency. This beach is nigh 77 km of Sungailiat town. In this beach, the tourists tin lookout adult man the sunset, because this beach is faced to due west side. The length of this beach is nigh 4 km; it is slope, white sandy together with soft. Its H2O is really clear similar a crystal. Enjoy the beautiful of Romodong. When it depression tide, you lot tin walk inwards the H2O until inwards the middle of clear sea. If nosotros come across around, nosotros merely uncovering the boulders together with white sand that spread inwards the beach. The winds that brand the leaves wobbled greet the tourists who looking for an inspiration.
PENYUSUK BEACH
Penyusuk Beach is located inwards Penyusuk village, Belinyu district. The location is non far from Romodong beach, but it offers unlike nuance than Romodong. It is natural together with gradient beach. It decorated with colorful of stones. Many stones that compact stand upward with its bigger waves than Romodong is fenced Penyusuk Beach. Romodong together with Penyusuk receive got unlike beautiful, but both receive got non bad charm. This beach is visited past times a lot of visitor because of its beautiful beach together with its clear water.
PEMALI OPEN PIT TIN MINE
Passing through the Blue Planet side, minor villages together with pepper plantations along the route, an odd together with first-class sentiment volition hold upward observed from the move past times of a mount inwards the mining area, looking downward nigh 100 M you lot volition come across the progress of the tin mine. People from Siantan together with Johor of Malaysia start discovered tin inwards Bangka Island inwards 1710, since together with thus a lot of traders from Asia equally good equally from Europe stopped together with visited Bangka Island. To operate the tin mines, skilled labors were imported from Malacca together with China. This is the solely opened upward pit tin the digging together with inwards the hereafter mine inwards Republic of Indonesia volition grow much larger together with deeper.
MOUNT MENUMBUNG GUEST HOUSE
Mount Menumbung (355 meters) a rather high colina inwards the neighborhood of Mentok (North West Banka) stands equally a memorial to the history of the Indonesian nation. It was built inwards 1932 during the DUTCH business menses past times Bangka Tin Winning Bedrijf (BTW) equally a V.I.P. Guest House on the move past times of Mount Menumbung, is nigh 500 M higher upward body of body of water level.
Our onetime President Soekarno together with the Vice President Moh. Hatta stayed inwards the guesthouse during their exile inwards 1949. Foreign missions came in that location for negotiating with our onetime President; the bird from UNCI (United Nations Commission for Indonesia) flew dorsum together with forth from DKI Jakarta to Bangka Island during that period. This house is equally good called equally Wisma Ranggam. The room, which was used, past times the slowly President equally good equally his machine is yet tin hold upward seen inwards the building. Many Indonesians yet similar to view this house of pilgrimage together with come across the well-kept personal holding of the ii onetime leaders, which are yet inwards the compound.
MENTOK TIN SMELTER
The Mentok smelting flora was built inwards March 1963 together with completed inwards Feb 1967 past times a High German Company "Klockner Industrie Anlagen", spending the full toll of USD 2.6 million. This is the solely smelting flora inwards Indonesia. Here the famous Bankatin is made. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 curt view to the mill volition give us an thought of how the tin 1 is smelted, which is done at a temperature of nigh upward to 1,350 °C.
TANJUNG KELIAN OLD LIGHTHOUSE
The old lighthouse was built inwards 1826. It is located nigh nine km of Muntok district. In the surrounding expanse nosotros yet tin uncovering wrecks of Dutch together with British ships, which were torpedoed past times Japanese warships during the Second World War, on sixteen Feb 1942. Take our fourth dimension to climb upward 199 steps to accomplish the move past times of the lighthouse together with bask the spectacular sentiment from the superlative of or thus sixty M higher upward body of body of water level. We tin come across the whole beaches inwards Muntok.
Belitung Island Tourism Objects
TANJUNG PANDAN
Like Bangka, Belitung is equally good called a tin island. It is the 2d biggest tin producer inwards Indonesia. The working capital missive of the alphabet town of Belitung is Tanjung Pandan. It is nigh 45 minutes flights from Jakarta. The topography consists of lowland together with some minor areas of swamp spell inwards the middle business office in that location is highland inwards groups of 150 - 200 meters higher upward the body of body of water level. Tanjung Pandan is remain at 1070 20’ East longitude together with 020 30’ - 030 fifteen due south latitudes. Its broad expanse is 229.365 Ha together with bordered by:
North Side: South PRC Sea
East side: East Belitung Regency
South side: Jawa Sea
West side:Gaspar Strait
North Side: South PRC Sea
East side: East Belitung Regency
South side: Jawa Sea
West side:Gaspar Strait
In Tanjung Pandan, in that location is a Geology museum, the omission of PT Timah, which salvage various historical together with cultural collections. Beside that, Tanjung Pandan is equally good equipped with zoo together with Dayanag Seri Pinai swimming pool. The famous beach inwards Tanjung Pandan is Tanjungpendam beach, which e'er held ‘Buang Jong’ ceremony every July together with August.
TANJUNG KELAYANG
Tanjung Kelayang is 1 of Belitung’s beautiful beaches. This beach is equally good offering white sandy beach with its unique stones that rigid stand upward up inwards various forms. The refer of Tanjung Kelayang is taken from its unique boulder that looks similar a bird. The give-and-take ‘Tanjung’ agency ‘Peninsula’ together with ‘Kelayang’ agency ‘a form of bird species’. Tanjung Kelayang is surround past times minor islands that framed the beautiful sunset. Stay hither to bask the satelite that shines the seawater. The visitors tin pass their vacation hither past times diving, swimming, Sun bathing, fishing, etc.
Walk along Tanjung Kelayang, the visitors volition come across the spread of boulders inwards the beach. These boulders that almost five meters size, are inwards piles each other uniquely. There is large stone that stick past times 3 minor stones. The positions of these minor stones are unique. It is really attractive if the visitors walk along those boulders together with fountain on the move past times of the boulders. Those boulders are formed rooms together with hole, the tourism object that brand the visitor e'er desire to accept the film inwards that boulders.
LENGKUAS ISLAND
Belitung Island is surrounded past times minor islands, such as; Nasik island, Lima island, Lengkuas island, Melindung island, Seliu island, Nadu island, Mendanau island, Batu Dinding isle together with the other minor islands. One of them is Lengkuas Island. Lengkuas Island is a minor island, placed inwards North of Tanjung Binga village. This isle is surround past times several granite stone islands that tin accomplish past times merely walking cross the seawater that less than 1,2m depth. Those granites are equally good various unique forms. The H2O is totally clean, thus nosotros tin easily come across the bottom of body of body of water equally good equally fishes swimming within the water. It is a overnice house for playing inwards the H2O or snorkeling.
This is a minor isle that unique, because it has a lighthouse together with exciting scenery about it that tin hold upward bask from the move past times of the lighthouse. The Dutch builds this lighthouse inwards xix century. The beach is totally crystal clear water, which has its white sandy. There are some granites isle that tin accomplish past times swimming or walking through the water, which is less than 1,5 meter. The other islands that involvement to view is Burung Island, Babi Island, Pengadaran Island, Lutung Island, Kera Island dan Jenang Island.
TANJUNG BINGA
Tanjung Binga hamlet is inwards Sijuk district. If the visitors come upward to the correct season, they volition uncovering delicious Durian (kind of fruit). In the side of Tanjung Binga village, you lot tin uncovering Bukit Berahu Cottages that equipped with swimming puddle a nine holes golf game field. There are nigh viii uninhabited minor islands that cash inwards one's chips business office of Tanjung Binga hamlet together with it’s famous with its nature beautiful. This tourism object is equally good famous with its beautiful beach, together with fascinated granites. This isle is called Burung Island (Pulau Burung). It is nigh 12 hectares; has kokosnoot garden, together with minor hill. The visitors tin view those islands past times the fishermen’s canoe.
Tanjung Binga is a fishery village, where the tourists tin flora many kinds of fishes. Just a few meters of Tanjung Binga, the visitor tin come across the bevy of fishes that spread around, which most of them is form of Haring fish family. See those fishes is the interesting minute that nosotros can’t flora inwards other places. Beside that, the visitor tin equally good bask the fresh fishes inwards the restaurants about that offering their special seafood menu.
To proceed the journey, the visitor tin cash inwards one's chips to Tanjung Tinggi together with Tanjung Kelayang, because their location is non far from Tanjung Binga. Do your wonderful journeying inwards Belitung Island past times visiting Tanjung Binga together with bask the natural beach that volition give you lot unforgettable experience.
PUNAI BEACH
Actually, Punai beach has non known yet equally tourism object. This beach is form of natural beach with its white sandy together with few of granites. This beach is located nigh 93 km of Tanjung Pandan or xviii km of Dendang District. It is nigh 11/2 hr of Tanjung Pandan. Punai Beach is remain at destination due south side of Belitung Island. This beach is equally good the house of the fishermen to looking for fresh fish. So, the visitors tin bask fresh fish from the fishermen. This beautiful beach is suitable for having sport activities, such equally swimming, angling together with equally good snorkeling.
Because it’s natural beach, Punai beach tin fresh your heed together with brand you lot experience comfort inwards pass your trip here. It is equally good suitable for the adventurer to larn their unlike adventurous.
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