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Batam metropolitan area
Place in Riau Islands, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Batam metropolitan area or officially Babinka; (acronym of "Batam-Bintan-Karimun") is a metropolitan area located in Indonesia. This area includes Batam city and its surrounding areas such as Tanjung Pinang city, Bintan Regency, Karimun Regency. This region of Riau Islands province near of strait of malacca the bussiest shipping line in the world. It has an area of 3,432.7 km2, and at the 2023 estimate had a population of 1,941,225[2]
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Batam metropolitan area
Babinka | |
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From top, left to right: Batam City Landscape, Tanjung Balai Karimun Regency Port,Barelang Bridge , Trikora Beach Bintan, Hang Nadim International Airport, Welcome to Batam | |
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Core city | Batam |
Satellite city | Tanjung Pinang |
Regencies | Bintan Regency Karimun Regency |
Area | |
• Metro | 3,432.7 km2 (1,325.4 sq mi) |
Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Urban | 1,403,000 |
• Metro | 1,941,225 |
• Metro density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time) |
GDP metro | 2023[1] |
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