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Coordinates:105N10402E

Batam
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

Batamisanisland,municipality(anIndonesian
kotamadya),thelargestcityintheRiauIslands
ProvinceofIndonesiaandthethirdlargestcityin
Sumatraarea.Batamisafreetradezone,partof
theIndonesiaMalaysiaSingaporeGrowth
Triangle,located20km(12mi)offSingapore's
southcoast.The715km(276miles)island,
almostidenticalinsizetoSingapore,isthecore
partofthemunicipality.Themunicipality(2,000
km)hasapopulationof1.453.860(Predictionin
April2015).[1]>Asperthe2010Censusitwas
thefastestgrowingmunicipalityinthenation,with
agrowthrateof11%peryear.[2]Thoughthe
municipalitycoversadjacentislands,nearlyallthe
peopleresideonBatamisland.

Batam
KotaBatam

City

Contents
1Geography
2Population
3Administration
4Economy
5Demographics
6Transport
7BatamBotanicalGardens
8Gallery
9References
10Externallinks

Geography

Seal

Motto:"Batam,MenujuBandarDuniayang
ModerndanSebagaiPusatPertumbuhan
EkonomiNasional"
(Batam,towardsacivilmoderncityandasthecentre
ofnationaleconomydevelopment)

BatamislocatedwestofBintanIsland,southof
Singapore,northofRempangandeastofBulan
Island.TheRiauStraitseparatesBatamand
Bintan.
Batamhasatropicalclimatewithaverage
temperaturesbetween2632C.Humidityinthe
regionrangesfrom73%to96%.Theregionhasa

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wetseasonfromNovembertoAprilandadry
seasonfromMaytoOctober.Averageannual
rainfallisaround2,600mm.

Batam

Population
TribesSocietyBatamisaheterogeneoussociety
consistingofdiverseethnicandclass.The
dominanttribeamongotherMalays,Javanese,
Batak,Minangkabau,andChinese.Withhave
smth.AsanumbrellaandupholdMalayUnityin
Diversity,Batambeconducivetomoving
economicactivity,sociopoliticalandcultural
society.UntilApril2012,Batamhasapopulation
of1.15386millioninhabitantsandhasa
populationgrowthrateisveryhigh.Intheperiod
2001toApril2012hadapopulationgrowthrate
averagingmorethan8percentperyear.

LocationinIndonesia.

Coordinates:105N10402E
Country
Province

Indonesia
RiauIslands

Government
Mayor
Drs.H.AhmadDahlanMH,Ph.D
Mayor
DatukH.M.RudiSE,MM
Deputy
Area
Total

715km2(276sqmi)

Population
Total
Density

1,453,860
ReligionIslamisthemajorityreligioninBatam,
2,000/km2(5,300/sqmi)
thenumberofadherentsasmuchas76.69%ofthe
entirepopulationofthecity.Followedby
Timezone
WIB(UTC+7)
Christians(17.02%),Buddhists(5.79%),and
Postalcode 29453
Hinduism(0.40%).[3]MosqueBatam,locatedin
Area
+62778
thecitycenter,adjacenttothemainsquare,the
code(s)
mayor'sofficeandtheofficeParliamentbecamea
Website
www.batamkota.go.id
symbolofthereligiouspeopleofBatam.
(http://www.batamkota.go.id/)
ChristianityandCatholicismarealsowidely
embracedbypeopleofBatam,especiallythose
fromtheBataktribeandFlores.BuddhismismostlyheldbyChinesecitizens.BatamhasViharawhich
reputedlythelargestinSoutheastAsia,namelyViharaDutaMaitreya.

LanguageIndonesianisusedasthelanguageofinstructiondaily.Languageisalsousedbythepeople
whocomefromabroadsuchasEnglish,GermanandotherpartsofIndonesia,suchasMalay,Minang,
Batak,Sundanese,andJavaneseandChineseethnicdialects.ItsohappensbecauseBatamiswhere
varioustribesmet.

Administration
ThelocalgovernmentalofficesareinBatamCentre.ThelargestcommunityontheislandisLubukBaja
(formerlyknownasNagoya).OtherresidentialareasincludeBaloiGarden,Sekupang,Nongsapura
(Nongsa),WaterfrontCity(TelukSenimba),BatuAmparandJodoh.
BatamCity(KotamadyaBatam)isdividedinto12districts(kecamatan)whichincludeseveraladjacent
islandssuchasBulan,RempangandGalangaswellasBatamIslanditself.Thedistrictsaretabulated
belowwiththeir2010Censuspopulation:[3]

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Name

Population
Census2010[3]

BelakangPadang

18,508

Bulang

9,531

Galang

14,983

SeiBeduk

80,349

Sagulung

149,727

Nongsa

49,828

BatamKota
(centralcity)

162,238

Sekupang

100,108

BatuAji

127,455

LubukBaja

80,780

BatuAmpar

58,745

Bengkong

92,033

Economy
Beginninginthe
1970s,theisland
underwenta
significant
transformationfroma
largelyforestedarea
intoamajorharbour
andindustrialzone.
Shipbuildingand
electronics
manufacturingare
importantindustries
ontheisland.Being
closetotheportsof
Singaporeincreases
thespeedforgoods
shippingandproduct
distributionwhich
benefitstheisland's
TengkuFisabilillah(Barelang)Bridge
economy.Withlower
labourcostsand
specialgovernmentincentives,itisthesiteofmanyfactoriesoperatedbyforeigncompanies.[4]
UnderaframeworksignedinJune2006,Batam,alongwithpartsofneighbouringBintanandKarimun,
areapartofaSpecialEconomicZonewithSingaporethiszoneeliminatestariffsandvalueaddedtaxes
forgoodsshippedbetweenBatamandSingapore.[5]

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In2010,approximately58percentofforeigntouristscamefromSingapore,and13percentfrom
Malaysia.[6]TheislandisthelocationofInternationalUniversityofBatam.
Batamhasrecentlybeenexposedasamajorfacilitatorofthecontroversialivorytrade.[7]

Demographics
ThepopulationofBatamconsistsofamixtureofraces,
religionsandlanguages.Withapopulationofmore
than1.3million,Islamisthemajorityreligionat
74.25%,followedbyChristianity,Buddhism,
Confucianismandothers.
AsinotherregionsofIndonesia,BahasaIndonesiais
theprimarylanguage,withseveralotherlanguagesand
dialectssuchasMalayandChinese(mainlyHokkien
andTeochew)aswellasMandarinandEnglishdueto
thecloseproximityofSingaporeandMalaysia.

ReligioninBatamIndonesia2010Census
religion

Islam
Protestantism
Buddhism
Catholicism
Confucianism
Hinduism

percent

74.25%
16.77%
5.45%
3.04%
0.31%
0.11%

Transport
Ferry
Thelocalferryterminalports
connecttonearbySingaporeand
Bintan,andprovidesroutestoJohor
Bahru(Malaysia).Therearefive
ferryterminalsontheisland:
Harbourbay,NongsapuraFerry
Terminal,Sekupang,WaterfrontCity
andBatamCentreInternationalFerry
Terminal.

Sekupang,oneofBatam'sinternationalferryport

Remainsilent
SignsshowingapictureofaraisedfingeroverapairoflipshavebeenraisedinAugust2014atthe
BatamCentreInternationalFerryTerminalmeansyouhavetosilentwhilequeingforimmigrationto
hearyournamesbeingcalledandclearlyhearimmigrationofficerinstructionsoryouwillbesentback
toSingapore,ifyouaretoonoisy.Somevisitorshavebeensentbackimmediatelyusethefirstferry
available.Thesignsarealsoapplyatotherferryterminals,buttheyarenotstrictlyenforced.[8][9]
TransBatam
Batam'scitybusisnamed"TransBatam".Before,thebuswasnamed"BisKotaBatam"(BatamCity
Bus).Withmorethan20unitsofbuses,thisbusoperatestheSekupangBatamCentrerouteandBatu
AjiSekupangroute.
Taxi
TaxiservicesareavailableinBatam.Therearemorethan3.000unitsoftaxiesinBatam.Thetaxiesare
equippedwithmeters,driver'sidentity,airconditionerandanonsmokingtaxi.
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Airport
HangNadimInternationalAirportistheisland'smainairport,andhasthelongestrunwayinIndonesia.
TheairportisthelargestinSumatrain19952012withacapacityof6millionpassengersperyear,and
nowthesecondlargestinSumatraafterKualaNamuInternationalAirportinMedanwithacapacityof8
millionpassengers.Theairporthas4pairsofjetbridgesin19852011andtherewere2jetbridgesadded
on2012.Sothereare6jetbridgesintotal.BPBatamalsoplanstobuildanewterminalwithacapacity
of8millionpassengerseachterminal(16millionpassengersin
totalfortwoterminals).BPBatamtargetstobuild12pairsof
jetbridgesineachterminal.[10]Domesticdestinationsinclude
Pekanbaru,Palembang,MedanJakarta,andmanymore.
InternationalflightscurrentlyincludeKualaLumpur(operated
byFireflyandMalindoAir),andin2015,MalindoAirwillopen
twointernationalroutestoBangkokDonMueangandHong
Kong.
Monorail
MonorailwillbebuiltinBatamin2016byBatamAuthority,BP
BatamandinvestorsfromSouthKorea.Batamwillbethefirst
cityinIndonesiatohaveamonorail.

TransBatam

BatamBotanicalGardens
On28August2014,agroundbreakingofinternationalstandard
BatamBotanicalGardenhasbeendonebyPublicUtilityWorks
Minister.TheBatamBotanicalGardenwith86hectareswillbe
thesecondlargestbotanicalgardenafterBogorBotanical
Gardensandwillalsohasadam.[11]

BlueBirdTaxi

Gallery

OneofBatam'stopleadingresorts,TuriBeach

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The2014NationalMTQBuildinginDataranEngkuPutri,BatamCentre

Batam'sGreatMosque

HangNadimInternationalAirportinthelate2013

PacificPalace,thecruiseshapedhotelinJodoh

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BatamCentreArea,Batam'sofficecomplexcentre

BarelangBridge,theiconofBatam

NagoyaandJodohArea,Batam'sbusinesscentre

BaloiArea,Batam'sbusinesscentre

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KwanImstatueinSekupang

References
1. http://globalfmlombok.com/content/soalmandalikaresortdprdntbstudikomparatifdenganpemkotbatam
2. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/12/urbanizationandurbandevelopmentpatterns.html
3. BiroPusatStatistik,Jakarta,2011.
4. "IndonesiaPresidentinauguratesBatamfreetradezone".XinhuaGeneralNewsService.19January2009.
5. Teo,Laurel(19May2007)."IndonSEZrulesreadybyendMaySettingofadeadlinelikelytoplease
potentialinvestors".TheBusinessTimesSingapore.
6. Singaporeansconstitute57pctoftouristsinBatam(http://waspada.co.id/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=194088:singaporeansconstitute57pctoftouristsin
batam&catid=30:englishnews&Itemid=101)
7. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/03/10/batamallegedtransshipmentpointivoryafrica.html
8. "Shhh!BesilentatBatamimmigrationqueueorbesentbackhome"
(http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/moresingaporestories/story/shhhbesilentbatamimmigration
queueorbesentbackh).17August2014.
9. ChrisKitching(19August2014)." 'Keepquietoryou'llbekickedoutofthecountry!':Ferryterminal'snoisy
visitorscouldbeDEPORTEDiftheyevenwhisperwhilestandinginimmigrationqueues"
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article2728844/KeepquietllkickedcountryFerryterminal
snoisyvisitorsDEPORTEDwhisperstandingimmigrationqueues.html).
10. AirportsinIndonesia(http://www.aircraftcharterworld.com/airports/asia/indonesia.htm)
11. "KebunRayaBatamBertarafInternasional"(http://www.haluankepri.com/batam/67230kebunrayabatam
bertarafinternasional.html).29August2014.

Externallinks
BatamtravelguidefromWikivoyage
Officialwebsite(http://www.batamkota.go.id/)

WikimediaCommonshas
mediarelatedtoBatam.

BatamFreeandEasyPackageTour
(http://www.mynetbizz.com/pages/batam/batamfreeandeasypackage.cfm)
AnindependentandcompletetravelguidetoBatamfromJoTravelGuide.com
(http://www.jotravelguide.com/batam_indonesia/index.php)

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