Riau

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Riau
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Capital Pekanbaru
GovernorRusli Zainal
Area 82,232 km² (31,750 sq mi)
Population 4,948,000  (2000)
Density 60.2/km² (155.9/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsMalay (38%), Javanese (25%), Minangkabau (11%), Batak (7%), Banjarese (4%), Chinese (4%), Buginese (2%) [1]
ReligionMuslim (88%), Protestant (1%), Catholic (5%), Buddhist (6%), Hindu (0.2%)
LanguagesMalay, Indonesian, Minangkabau
Time zoneWIB (UTC+7)
Web sitewww.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, Bangkinang and Siak Sri Indrapura.

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 province was once heavily forested lowlands, but with palm oil plantations and logging being major industries it is losing around 2.000 square km of forest per year. In 2005 the forest cover was down to 33% (or 27.000 square km) from 78% (or 64.000 square km) in 1982. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ (2003) Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 
  2. ^ http://www.wwf.or.id/attachments/pdf/EleventhHourRiau'sForests.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.riauinfo.com
  4. ^ http://www.riautoday.com
  5. ^ http://www.riaupos.com Newspaper

Coordinates: 0°32′N, 101°27′E

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