🏝️ Belitung

Indonesia · Asia · 2.86°S, 107.92°E

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Belitung is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. It covers 4,776.27 km2 (1,844.1 sq mi), and had a population of 309,097 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 327,835. Administratively, it forms two regencies within the province of Bangka-Belitung Islands. The island is known for its pepper and for its tin. It was in the possession of the United Kingdom from 1812 until Britain ceded control of the island to the Netherlands in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. Its main town is Tanjung Pandan. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has declared 17 tourist attractions in the Belitung Geopark as a world geopark.

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CountryIndonesia
Continent / regionAsia
Coordinates (approx.)2.86°S, 107.92°E · view on map

Belitung is located in Indonesia, in Asia.

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Flores · Timor · Halmahera · Sumatra · Borneo · Java · New Guinea · Sulawesi · Bali (island) · Komodo (island).

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