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The Riau Archipelago is a geographic term (as opposed to administrative region) for the core group of islands within the Riau Islands Province in Indonesia, and located south of Singapore and east of Riau on Sumatra.
Provinsi Kepulauan Riau terbentuk berdasarkan Undang-undang Nomor 25 tahun 2002 merupakan provinsi ke-32 di Indonesia yang mencakup Kota Tanjungpinang, Kota Batam, Kabupaten Bintan, Kabupaten Karimun, Kabupaten Natuna, Kabupaten Kepulauan Anambas dan Kabupaten Lingga.
The Riau Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Riau, Jawi: كڤولاوان رياو , Chinese: 廖內群島) is a province of Indonesia —not to be confused with neighbouring Riau Province from which the Riau Islands Province were separated in 2002. The capital of the province is Tanjung Pinang, while the largest city is Batam.
Riau (Jawi: رياو ) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the central eastern coast of the island of Sumatra, and extends from the eastern slopes of the Barisan Mountains to the Malacca Strait, including several large islands situated within the Strait.
The Riau Islands are a major gateway into Indonesia because of good ferry links to nearby Singapore and Malaysia. For detailed visa information, please see the Indonesia page. Many of the seaports in the Riau Islands and the main airport on Batam are visa-free and visa-on-arrival points of entry.
The Riau Islands is a province in Indonesia. Tanjung Pinang is its capital city. Its official language is Riau. In 2007, the population was around 1,392,900.
Introduction. Kepri is the short and popular name of Kepulauan Riau, which in English means ‘Riau Islands’ or ‘Riau Archipelago’. It is a chain of over 1,796 islands located in the western part of Indonesia, bordered by Singapore and Malaysia.
