Tanjung Pandan
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Tanjung Pandan is the largest town on the island Belitung
in the Indonesia
n province of Bangka-Belitung
, Indonesia
. Tanjung Pandan is the capital of the Belitung Regency.
, Catholic
and Protestant.
Belitung
Belitung, , is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. The island is known for its pepper and for its tin. It was in the possession of the British from 1812 until the British ceded control of the island to the Dutch in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824...
in the Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n province of Bangka-Belitung
Bangka-Belitung
Bangka–Belitung Islands is a province of Indonesia. The province includes two main islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones that lie east of the Sumatran mainland and northeast of South Sumatra province. The Bangka Strait separates Sumatra and Bangka, and the Gaspar Strait separates...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. Tanjung Pandan is the capital of the Belitung Regency.
Demographics
The majority of the people in Tanjung Pandan are Hakka Chinese and Malay. Majority of Chinese are BuddhismBuddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
and Protestant.
Tanjung Pandan Port
June 2011: The port will has 6 terminals:- International Terminal
- Dry Bulk Terminal
- Liquid Bulk Terminal
- Roll-on Roll-off Ship Terminal, including Cargo Ship
- Domestic Terminal
- Container Terminal