Bangka Island

island in Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia
Landform island Q188428
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Bangka Island is an island [1][2] situated in the Bangka Belitung Islands [1][2][3] province of Indonesia [1]. It serves as the primary landmass of the province, with Pangkal Pinang as its capital . The island has a population of approximately 627,000 .

Covering an area of 11,000 square kilometers , Bangka Island operates in the UTC+07:00 time zone . It is one of Indonesia’s key regional centers in the western part of the archipelago.

Bangka Island

Summary

Bangka Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bangka Island is located in Bangka Belitung Islands[3].
  • Bangka Island is in the country of Indonesia[4].
  • Bangka Island is on the body of water Karimata Strait[5].
  • Bangka Island's image is recorded as Perahu Nelayan di Bangka.jpg[6].
  • Bangka Island's continent is recorded as Asia[7].
  • Bangka Island's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • Bangka Island's capital is recorded as Pangkal Pinang[9].
  • Bangka Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315527730[10].
  • Bangka Island's GND ID is recorded as 4518831-2[11].
  • Bangka Island's locator map image is recorded as ID - Bangka.png[12].
  • Bangka Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh93002965[13].
  • Bangka Island's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12412352w[14].
  • Bangka Island's Commons category is recorded as Bangka[15].
  • Bangka Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+07:00[16].
  • Bangka Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2.25, 'lon': 106}[17].
  • Bangka Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qzp3[18].
  • Bangka Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Sunda Islands[19].
  • Bangka Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bangka[20].
  • Bangka Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+626955'}[21].
  • Bangka Island's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Bangka Island's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23].
  • Bangka Island's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Bangka Island's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Bangka Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Bangka[26].
  • Bangka Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1650312[27].

Why It Matters

Bangka Island ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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