Riau

Riau

Infobox Provinces of Indonesia
name=Riau
country=Indonesia
logo=
motto=
capital=Pekanbaru
population=4948000
population_as_of = 2000
area_in_km2=82232
Time=WIB (UTC+7)
ethnicity=Malay (38%), Javanese (25%), Minangkabau (11%), Batak (7%), Banjarese (4%), Chinese (4%), Buginese (2%) [cite book
last =
first =
publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
title =Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape
date =
year =2003
url =
accessdate =
]
religion=Muslim (88%), Protestant (1%), Catholic (5%), Buddhist (6%), Hindu (0.2%)
language=Malay, Indonesian, Minangkabau
governor=Rusli Zainal
site= [http://www.riau.go.id www.riau.go.id]


Riau is a province of Indonesia, located in the center of Sumatra island along the Strait of Malacca. The provincial capital and largest city is Pekanbaru. Other major cities includes Dumai, Bagansiapiapi, Bengkalis, Bangkinang, Rengat and Siak Sri Indrapura.

Indonesian was based on the Riau version of Malay language.

Riau is one of the richest provinces in Indonesia. This province is rich with natural resources, particularly petroleum and natural gas, rubber, and palm oil.

The province was once heavily forested lowlands, but with palm oil plantations and logging being major industries it is losing around 2,000 square km of forest per year. In 2005 the forest cover was down to 33% (or 27.000 square km) from 78% (or 64.000 square km) in 1982. [ [http://www.wwf.or.id/attachments/pdf/EleventhHourRiau'sForests.pdf The Eleventh Hour for Riau's Forests ] ] Being a province with a predominantly low relief, the coastal regions are rapidly losing land to the ocean.

The Riau Islands were part of Riau until 2004, when they were made into a separate province.

The dialect of Indonesian spoken in this region is said by many linguists to be one of the simplest languages in the world, possessing neither noun declensions, nor temporal distinctions, nor subject/object distinctions, nor singular/plural distinction, nor word order of any kind.Fact|date=February 2008

History

*Sultanate of Riau

Regencies in Riau

* Pekanbaru Kota
* Dumai Kota
* Rokan Hilir Kabupaten
* Rokan Hulu Kabupaten
* Siak Kabupaten
* Indragiri Hilir Kabupaten
* Indragiri Hulu Kabupaten
* Palalawan Kabupaten
* Kampar Kabupaten
* Bengkalis Kabupaten

Economy

The economy of Riau expanded faster (8.66% in 2006) than Indonesian average (6.04% in 2006). Thanks to mainly resource based economy, be it crude oil (600,000 bpd), palm oil and other forest products. Local government income benefit from greater share of revenue of tax (mainly crude oil) due to decentralization law in 2004. [ [http://www.suarapembaruan.com/News/2008/03/22/Editor/edit02.htm Riau, Provinsi yang Maju Pesat ] ]

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