Island in Riau, Indonesia
This article is about the island in Riau. For the city in North Sumatra, see
Tebing Tinggi .
Location of Tebing Tinggi in Riau Province
Tebing Tinggi Island (also Rantau ) is an island off the north east coast of
Riau Province,
Sumatra ,
Indonesia , located in the
Strait of Malacca . It is located in the
Meranti Islands Regency , and is directly east of
Padang Island and directly south of
Rangsang Island.
[1]
[2] The area is 1,379.31 km2 .
The capital is
Selat Panjang , with 70,400 inhabitants in 2022. Other population centers include Bengkikit, Merbau, Mengkudu, Sungaitohor and Mayau around the coast, and Deremi in the interior. The population of the island at the 2020 Census was 98,894;
[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 103,300.
[4]
References
^ Cahyono, Bambang Kun; Aditya, Trias; Istarno (9 March 2020).
"The Least Square Adjustment for Estimating the Tropical Peat Depth Using LiDAR Data" . Remote Sensing . 12 (5): 875.
Bibcode :
2020RemS...12..875C .
doi :
10.3390/rs12050875 .
^ Zulirfan, Zulirfan; Rahmad, Muhammad; Yennita, Yennita; Kurnia, Nina; Hadi, Muhammad Sofyan (31 July 2018).
"Science Process Skills and Attitudes toward Science of Lower Secondary Students of Merbau Island: A Preliminary Study on the Development of MaritimeBased Contextual Science Learning Media" . Journal of Educational Sciences . 2 (2): 90.
doi :
10.31258/jes.2.2.p.90-99 .
^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
0°54′N 102°44′E / 0.900°N 102.733°E / 0.900; 102.733