Geography | |
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Location | Southeast Asia |
Archipelago | Riau |
Administration | |
Province | Riau Islands |
City | Batam |
District | Galang |
Demographics | |
Languages | Indonesian (official) |
Ethnic groups | Rempang Malays (native) |
Rempang Island (Indonesian: pulau Rempang) is an Indonesian island, located 2.5 km southeast of the neighbouring Batam Island, with the total land mass size of 165.83 km2.[1] Rempang Island belongs to the three-interconnected islands group of Riau Archipelago known as Barelang (an abbreviation of Batam-Rempang-Galang), and administratively part of the Riau Islands Province. The nearest urban city to Rempang Island is the Tanjung Pinang City, located on neighbouring Bintan Island.