Bangka-Belitung

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Bangka-Belitung

Motto: Serumpun Sebalai

Capital	Pangkal Pinang
Governor	Hudarni Rani
Area	18,724.74 km²
Population	1,300,000
Ethnic groups	Malays (72%), Chinese (12%)
Religion	Muslim (81.8%), Buddist (8.7%), Confucianism (5.1%), Protestant (2.4%), Catholic (1.7%), Hindu (0.1%)
Languages	Malays, Chinese Hakka
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Web site	[1]

Bangka-Belitung is a province of Indonesia. It includes two islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones, which lie east of Sumatra, northeast of South Sumatra province. The Bangka Strait separates Sumatra and Bangka, and the Gaspar Strait separates Bangka and Belitung. The South China Sea is to the north, the Java Sea is to the south, and Borneo to the east is separated from Belitung by the Karimata Strait.

The province was formerly part of South Sumatra, but became an independent province along with Banten and Gorontalo in 2000. In 2004 its population was 1,012,655. The capital is Pangkal Pinang.

These island prouced large mining (the largest producers of tin in Indonesia). The islands are also abundant with prouction of white pepper.

Bangka Belitung also have many beautiful beaches and smaller islands which have attracted many tourists from around the world. The famous beaches are Pantai Matras, Pantai Parai, Pantai Tanjung Pesona, Pantai Batu Bedaun, and many others.

[edit] Administrative areas

After being split off from South Sumatra, it consists of two regencies and one municipality:

Bangka (capital : Sungai Liat)
Belitung (capital : Tanjung Pandan)
Municipality of Pangkal Pinang

In order to ease development distribution, Bangka-Belitung is divided into several regencies:

Bangka (capital: Sungai Liat)
South Bangka (capital: Toboali)
Central Bangka (capital: Koba)
West Bangka (capital: Muntok)
Belitung (capital: Tanjung Pandan)
East Belitung (capital: Manggar)
Municipality of Pangkal Pinang

Provinces of Indonesia

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Sumatra:	Aceh \| North Sumatra \| West Sumatra \| Bengkulu \| Riau \| Riau Islands \| Jambi \| South Sumatra \| Lampung \| Bangka-Belitung
Java:	Jakarta \| West Java \| Banten \| Central Java \| Yogyakarta \| East Java
Kalimantan:	West Kalimantan \| Central Kalimantan \| South Kalimantan \| East Kalimantan
Lesser Sunda Islands:	Bali \| West Nusa Tenggara \| East Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi:	West Sulawesi \| North Sulawesi \| Central Sulawesi \| South Sulawesi \| South East Sulawesi \| Gorontalo
Maluku Islands and New Guinea:	Maluku \| North Maluku \| West Irian Jaya \| Papua