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Batam

South-eastern Asia

Batam, officially the City of Batam, is the largest city in the Indonesian province of the Riau Islands, made up of Batam Island at 410 square kilometers along with other major islands such as Rempang and Galang. It is an industrial boomtown, an emerging transport hub and part of a free trade zone in the Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle, located about 20 kilometers off Singapore's south coast, with a mid-2025 population estimate of 1,296,960 across a total area of 1,915 square kilometers.

Facts
Population
1,196,396 1
Area (sq km)
1915 1
Founding Year
1829 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
38 2
Latitude
1.13 degrees north 1
Longitude
104.05306 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+07:00 3
Sources
1. Batam, Wikipedia
  • Article text
    According to Statistics Indonesia's 2020 census, Batam had a municipal population of 1,196,396, making it the third largest city in the region of Sumatra, after Medan and Palembang.
  • Infobox, area
    City: 1,915 km2 (739 sq mi)
  • Infobox, coordinates, latitude
    01°07′48″N 104°03′11″E / 1.13000°N 104.05306°E
  • Infobox, coordinates, longitude
    01°07′48″N 104°03′11″E / 1.13000°N 104.05306°E
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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2. Batam (Wikidata)
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 38 m
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1829
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3. GeoNames: Batam - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 6295587
    1.14937 104.02491 P PPL ID 37 1296960 38 Asia/Jakarta
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 38 m
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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, 104.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.25, 104.25
1.25 104.25 Af
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Wikidata: Batam
Wikidata Q10103, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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