Meranti Islands Regency
Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti
Regency
Flag of Meranti Islands Regency
Flag
Coat of arms of Meranti Islands Regency
Coat of arms
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceRiau
Regency seatSelat Panjang
Government
 • RegentMuhammad Adil
Area
 • Total3,623.93 km2 (1,399.21 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
 • Total213,532
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Websitewww.merantikab.go.id

Meranti Islands (Kepulauan Meranti) is an archipelago forming a regency (kabupaten) of Riau Province and lies off the eastern coast of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It was created on 19 December 2008 by the separating of this archipelago from the mainland regency of Bengkalis. The regency comprises the islands of Tebing Tinggi, Rangsang, Padang, and Merbau, together with minor offshore islands, but does not include Bengkalis Island which is geographically part of the archipelago but remains within Bengkalis Regency. The principal town is Selat Panjang (also written as Selatpanjang) on Tebing Tinggi Island. The regency covers an area of 3,623.93 km2 and had a population of 176,290 at the 2010 Census[2] and 206,116 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 213,532.[1]

Administrative districts

When created in 2008, the regency was divided into five districts (kecamatan), listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census:[2]

Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 English name Pop'n
Census
2010
Tebing Tinggi Barat Western Tebing Tinggi Island 15,260
Tebing Tinggi (Eastern) Tebing Tinggi Island 65,748
Rangsang (Eastern) Rangsang Island 26,526
Rangsang Barat Western Rangsang Island 24,926
Merbau Merbau and Padang Islands 44,030

On 26 January 2011, the regency was re-divided into nine districts. The additional four districts are Tebing Tinggi Timur (East Tebing Tinggi Island, leaving the residual area of Tebing Tinggi District to cover the town of Selat Panjang), Rangsang Pesisir (Coastal Rangsang), Pulau Merbau (Merbau Island, leaving the residual area of Merbau District to cover the southern part of Padang Island) and Tasik Putri Puyu (covering the northern part of Padang Island). The areas and the populations of the nine districts at the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as of mid-2022,[1] are as follows. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 96 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan), and its postcode.

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
2020
Census		 Pop'n
mid 2022
Estimate		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
14.10.04 Tebing Tinggi Barat 489.46 18,382 19,100 Alai 14 28758
14.10.01 Tebing Tinggi (town) 89.38 67,219 70,400 Selatpanjang 9 (a) 28753
14.10.07 Tebing Tinggi Timur 800.47 13,293 13,800 Sungai Tohor 10 28754
14.10.03 Rangsang 420.73 20,123 20,700 Tanjung Samak 14 28755
14.10.09 Rangsang Pesisir
(Coastal Rangsang)		 371.35 18,853 19,500 Telesung 11 28757
14.10.02 Rangsang Barat 116.38 19,488 20,100 Bantar 12 28756
14.10.05 Merbau 553.82 15,305 16,000 Teluk Belitung 10 (b) 28752
14.10.06 Pulau Merbau 216.14 15,824 16,200 Semukut 11 28750
14.10.08 Tasik Putri Puyu 556.22 17,629 18,100 Bandul 10 28751
Totals 3,623.93 206,116 213,532 Selatpanjang 101

Notes: (a) comprising 4 kelurahan and 5 desa. (b) including one kelurahan.

1°0′N 102°42′E / 1.000°N 102.700°E / 1.000; 102.700

References

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1410)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
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