Bidong Island

Bidong
Native name:
Pulau Bidong
ڤولاو بيدوڠ
Pula Bidong
Landscape of Bidong Island
Bidong is located in Peninsular Malaysia
Bidong
Bidong
Bidong is located in Malaysia
Bidong
Bidong
Bidong is located in South China Sea
Bidong
Bidong
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates5°37′N 103°4′E / 5.617°N 103.067°E / 5.617; 103.067
Administration
StateTerengganu

Bidong Island (Malay: Pulau Bidong, Terengganuan Pula Bidong) is an island 260 ha (640 acres) in area[1] in Kuala Nerus District, Terengganu, Malaysia in the South China Sea. Bidong Island is accessible from the coastal town of Merang in Setiu district. From 1978 until 2005 Bidong Island was a refugee camp with a population reaching at its peak as many as 40,000 Vietnamese refugees. A total of about 250,000 refugees were residents of the camp during the period of its operation. Most stayed on Bidong a few months or longer and were resettled abroad in third countries, especially the United States.

  1. ^ Hamza, Abdulmaula. "Puelau Bidong". Research Gate.