Riau

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Riau
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Capital	Pekanbaru
Governor	Rusli Zainal
Area	329,867.16 km²
Population	4,948,000 (2000 census)
Ethnic groups	Malay (38%), Javanese (25%), Minangkabau (11%)
Religion	Muslim (88%), Protestant (1%), Catholic (5%), Buddist (6%), Hindu (0.2%)
Languages	Malay, Indonesian, Minangkabau
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Web site	www.riau.go.id

Riau is a province of Indonesia, located in the center of Sumatra island along the Strait of Malacca. The provincial capital and largest city is Pekanbaru. Other major cities includes Dumai and Bengkalis.

Indonesian was based on the Riau version of Malay.

Riau is one of the richest provinces in Indonesia. This province is rich with natural resources, particularly petroleum and natural gas, rubber, and palm oil. The majority of the province are heavily forested lowlands; logging is a major industry in the province.

Being a shallow province, the coastal regions are rapidly losing land to the ocean.

The Riau Islands were part of Riau until 2004, when they were made into a separate province.

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Regencies and cities of Riau	Image:Riau symbol.gif
Regencies: Bengkalis \| Indragiri Hilir \| Indragiri Hulu \| Kampar \| Kuantan Singingi \| Pelalawan \| Rokan Hulu \| Rokan Hilir \| Siak
Cities: Dumai \| Pekanbaru

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