Selat Panjang is the capital of Kepulauan Meranti Regency in Riau province, Indonesia, a regency established in December 2008 after separating from Bengkalis Regency. The town sits on Tebing Tinggi Island, separated by a narrow channel from Sumatra and facing the Strait of Malacca toward Singapore.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Selat Panjang - Wikipedia
Infobox - Population field
Population (mid 2023 estimate) Total 66,400
Infobox - Population field (estimate year)
Population (mid 2023 estimate) Total 66,400
Infobox - Area field
Area Total 89.38 km2 (34.51 sq mi)
History section
Fleet docked to Cliff High Land coincided a date April 7, 1805 AD.
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. Selat Panjang (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 1.0, longitude 102.71
View the Source 3. GeoNames: Selat Panjang - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1628019
0.99408 102.70817 P PPLA2 ID 37 1410 0 11 Asia/Jakarta
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 11 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.25, 102.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.25, 102.75
1.25 102.75 Af
View the Source Wikidata: Selat Panjang
Wikidata Q145764, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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