Native name: Pulau Mendanau | |
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Geography | |
Coordinates | 2°53′52″S 107°24′30″E / 2.89778°S 107.40833°E |
Area | 113 km2 (44 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
Administration | |
Province | Bangka Belitung Islands |
Regency | Belitung |
District | Selat Nasik |
Demographics | |
Population | 5,674 (2020)[1][2] |
Pop. density | 111.2/km2 (288/sq mi) |
Mendanau is an island in the Bangka Belitung province of Indonesia. Located about 6 km off the west coast of Belitung and 20 km from the town of Tanjung Pandan, it is the fourth largest island in the province after Bangka, Belitung and Lepar with an area of approximately 113 square kilometers. Administratively it forms - with about 27 satellite islands - the Selat Nasik District of Belitung Regency, and it is home to 5,674 people at the 2020 Census, mostly spread in 3 settlements.