The Bunguran Islands are an

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the o ...

Riau Islands The Riau Islands () is a provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia consisting of a group of islands located in the western part of the country. It was established in 2002 after being separated from the neighboring Riau Province. The capit ...

province,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

, located in the

Natuna Sea The Natuna Sea () is an extensive shallow sea located around the Natuna Regency, extending south of the Riau Islands, east of the Lingga Regency and west of Borneo, to the Bangka Belitung Islands. The islands of the Badas and Tambelan Arc ...

, the southern portion of the

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. The archipelago forms the central part of the

Natuna Regency Natuna Regency is an islands regency located in the northernmost part of the Province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. It contains at least 154 islands, of which 127 of them are reported as uninhabited. This archipelago, with a land area of 1,978.49& ...

, an archipelago of 272 islands in total, which is in turn included in the

Tudjuh Archipelago The Tudjuh Archipelago (, lit. "Seven Islands")"Kepulauan Tudjuh: Indonesia ...

, off the northwest coast of

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. The largest island of the archipelago is Bunguran or Pulau

Natuna Besar Bunguran Island () or just Bunguran is the main island of the Middle Natuna Archipelago, which is part of the Riau Islands Province in Indonesia. It is also called Great Natuna Island (''Pulau Natuna Besar''). The area of Bunguran is with a coa ...

(Great Natuna Island), situated in the Middle Natuna Archipelago. The group covers a land area of 1,698.6 km² and had a population of 52,013 at the 2010 Census. It is divided into nine districts (''kecamatan'') – seven of which are tabulated below from north to south with their areas and 2010 Census populations, plus the number of administrative villages within that district (after the creation of two additional districts since 2010) and the postcode: Two additional districts have been created since 2010 out of the existing districts - Bunguran Batubi (split from Bunguran Barat district) and Pulau Tiga Barat (split from Pulau Tiga district).

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