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.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. Batam, Wikipedia
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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
View the Source2. Batam (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 38 m
P571 (inception)
inception 1829
View the SourceWikidata: Batam
Wikidata Q10103, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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