Thousand Islands
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kepulauan Seribu, Thousands Islands, Adm. Kep. Seribu, Thousand Islands Regency
regency in Jakarta Province, Indonesia
Key facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Special region
- Jakarta
- Regent
- Muhammad Fadjar Churniawan
- Vice regent
- Aceng Zaeni
- Total
- 10.18 km (3.93 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 2,726/km (7,060/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Orang Pulo (native) , Betawi , Sundanese , Javanese , Bugis , Mandarese
- Religion 2017
- Islam (99.91%) Christianity (0.07%) Protestantism (0.06%) Catholicism (0.01%) Buddhism (0.01%)
- Languages and dialects
- Indonesian (official), Orang Pulo (native), Betawi , Sundanese , Buginese
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( IWST )
- Area code
- (+62) 21
- Website
- pulauseribu .jakarta .go .id
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Thousand Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Seribu) are a chain of islands to the north of Jakarta's coast. It forms the only regency of Special Capital Region of Jakarta, the metropolitan province of Indonesia. It consists of a string of 342 islands stretching 45 km (28 mi) north into the Java Sea at West Jakarta Bay and in fact are located to the north of Banten Province. Pramuka Island is the regency seat. The islands, along with North Jakarta City, are the only administrative divisions of Jakarta Special Capital Region with a coastline.
A decree states that 36 islands may be used for recreation. Of these, only 13 islands are fully developed: 11 islands are homes to resorts and two islands are historic parks. Twenty-three are privately owned and are not open to the public. The rest of the islands are either uninhabited or support a fishing village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thousand Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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