Tanjung Pinang
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Jl. DI Panjaitan KM.7 No.1, Tj. Pinang Timur, Bukit Bestari, Kota Tanjung Pinang, Kepulauan Riau, Indonesia Print route »
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Tanjung Pinang is the capital of the Indonesian province of the Riau Islands. With a population of roughly 204,735, it is the second largest city of the province, after Batam.
Tanjung Pinang – whose name is taken from the position of a beech tree that juts into the sea – occupies a strategic location on the south of Bintan Island, guarding the mouth of the Bintan River. Tanjung Pinang has ferry and speedboat connections to Batam, Singapore (40 km away), and Johor Bahru.
Over the centuries, Tanjung Pinang came under the control of Sumatra, China, Malacca, the Netherlands, Britain, and Japan. These contacts each influenced its culture, also being a centre of Malay culture and trade traffic. In the 18th century, it was a capital of the Johor–Riau–Lingga Empire.
