BANGKA BELITUNG ISLANDS

Bangka Island is an island located to the east of Sumatra, Indonesia and Islands are included in the province of the Pacific Islands. Its population in 2004 numbered 789 809 inhabitants. Bangka island is widely 11.693.54 km ². Bangka in everyday language Bangka people implies "old" or "very old", so the island of Bangka can be interpreted as "old island". When referring to the mineral content found in this area, Bangka island contains many mineral mining materials that would occur from natural processes prevailing over millions of years. One example is the tin mining materials, therefore the people call it as the island of Bangka. 

Said farts can also come from the word meaning Wangka tin. Because in this region found tin mining materials, it is called Tin Islands. Because of the shift or change the sound of the language communities more closely with the island called Pulau Bangka or leaded island. According to folklore, Bangka Island has no indigenous population are immigrants from all ethnic tribes called checkmate. People still embrace animism. Then enter the Malay of the mainland of Malacca with the religion of Islam, which was developed until now.

Bangka Island is located next to the East coast of South Sumatra, bordering the South China Sea to the north, the island of Billiton in the Java Sea in the east and south, which is 1 ° 20'-3 ° 7 south latitude and 105 ° - 107 ° East Longitude extends from northwest to southeast along the ± 180 km. The island consists of marshes, lowlands, hills and dense jungle hilltop there, whereas in the mangrove swamps there. Bangka island swamp land is not so different from the swamp on the island of Sumatra, while the privileges compared with other areas of the beach is gently sloping beaches stretch of white sand dotted with granite boulders.