Manggar

Manggar (Chinese: 芒加尔) is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia which is a port on the east coast of Belitung Island, and is the seat of the East Belitung Regency. The town was founded as a tin mining town in the 19th century.

Manggar
Town/District
House of a Billiton Maatschappij in Manggar in the time of the Dutch East Indies
Manggar Location of Manggar in Bangka Belitung
Coordinates: 2°53′24″S 108°16′12″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Bangka Belitung
Regency	East Belitung
Area [1]
• Total	229 km2 (88 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate  (2020 Census)[1]	39,135
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)

History

In the 1860s, Dutch prospectors of the Billiton Maatschappij explored the area and established the mining district of Burung Mandi Lenggang. In 1863, a tin mine was established on the right banks of the Manggar River, and the district was renamed to Manggar district in 1866. Manggar was opened to immigration of foreign orientals on 8 October 1871, which is selected as the establishment date for the district.^[2]

In late 1945, during the early stages of the Indonesian National Revolution, Dutch authorities reoccupied the town although they encountered some resistance from the newly formed Indonesian Armed Forces.^[3] After Indonesian independence, the Manggar District was one of the four districts comprising the island of Belitung by the 1980s.^[4] Manggar became the seat of the East Belitung Regency after its formation in 2003.^[5]

Demographics

39,135 people lived in Manggar at the 2020 Census - making it the most populous district in East Belitung and the second most populated in the island behind Tanjung Pandan. The sex ratio is 104.5 males to 100 females.^[1][5]

Administration

The district of Manggar is further subdivided into nine villages. Out of these, three - Kelubi, Buku Limau and Bentaian Jaya - are classified by Statistics Indonesia as "rural" (desa), while the rest are "urban" (kelurahan).^[6]

Village	Area (in km2)	Population (2020 Census)[7]
Kelubi	85.91	2,690
Padang	96.00	7,519
Lalang	3.25	4,909
Lalang Jaya	1.38	3,515
Kurnia Jaya	2.40	5,549
Baru	2.70	9,564
Buku Limau	3.90	694
Bentaian Jaya	32.09	1,622
Mekar Jaya	1.37	3,073

For elections of East Belitung's municipal council, Manggar shares an electoral district with the neighboring district of Simpang Renggiang [id].^[8]

Notable people

• Yusril Ihza Mahendra (born 1956), lawyer and national politician.^[9]
• Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (born 1966), Governor of Jakarta (2014-2017).^[10]

References

1. "Kecamatan Manggar Dalam Angka 2018" (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia.
2. "Yuslih Ceritakan Sejarah Manggar". Ina Pos (in Indonesian). 10 October 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
3. Nasution, Abdul Haris (1977). Sekitar perang kemerdekaan Indonesia: Agresi Militer Belanda. cet. 1. 1978 (in Indonesian). DISJARAH-AD. pp. 419–420.
4. Heidhues, Mary F. Somers (1991). "Company Island: A Note on the History of Belitung". Indonesia. 51 (51): 1–20. doi:10.2307/3351063. hdl:1813/53949. ISSN 0019-7289. JSTOR 3351063.
5. "Manggar, Kampung Laskar Pelangi yang Eksotis". Pesona Indonesia (in Indonesian). Ministry of Tourism. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
6. "PERATURAN KEPALA BADAN PUSAT STATISTIK NOMOR 37 TAHUN 2010" (PDF) (in Indonesian). p. 665. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
8. "Daerah Pemilihan dan Alokasi Kursi Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten Belitung Timur dalam Pemilihan Umum tahun 2019" (PDF) (in Indonesian). KPU. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
9. "Profil Yusril Ihza Mahendra". VIVA (in Indonesian). 11 October 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
10. Yunita, Niken Widya (4 January 2019). "11 Riwayat Hidup Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok yang akan Bebas 24 Januari". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 27 March 2019.