Belitung Regency is a
regency
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(''kabupaten'') of
Bangka Belitung Islands
The Bangka Belitung Islands (; Jawi: ) is a province of Indonesia. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main land masses — the islands of Bangka and Belitung — and numerous smaller islands. Bangka B ...
Province,
Indonesia
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, with the town of
Tanjungpandan as the
regency seat
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. It formerly covered the whole of
Belitung
Belitung (Belitung Malay: ''Belitong'', formerly Billiton) is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. It covers (including offshore islands such as Mendanau Island), and had a population of 309,097 at the 2020 Cen ...
island, but subsequently the eastern districts on the island have been cut out to create a new
East Belitung Regency (''Belitung Timur''). The regency now covers an area of 2,293.69 km
2, and had a population of 156,765 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 182,079 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 186,331.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kabupaten Belitung Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1902)]
Administrative districts
The Regency is divided into five
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The table includes the number of
administrative village
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s (totaling 42 rural ''desa'' and 7 urban ''kelurahan'') and the number of offshore islands in each district, together with its post code.
Note: (a) includes
Mendanau Island, the fourth largest island within the province.
Transportation
*
H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin International Airport (Bandar udara International Has Hanandjoedin), serving flights to Jakarta, Palembang, Pangkalpinang with
Garuda Indonesia
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.
Laskar Pelangi Port
*International terminal
*Local terminal
References
External links
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Regencies of the Bangka Belitung Islands