Tebing Tinggi Island (also Rantau) is an island off the north east coast of Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, located in the Strait of Malacca. It is located in the Meranti Islands Regency, and is directly east of Padang Island and directly south of Rangsang Island.[1][2] The area is 1,600.06 km2.

Tebing Tinggi is located in Riau
Tebing Tinggi
Tebing Tinggi
Location of Tebing Tinggi in Riau Province

The capital is Selat Panjang, with 66,385 inhabitants in mid 2023. Other population centers include Bengkikit, Merbau, Mengkudu, Sungaitohor and Mayau around the coast, and Deremi in the interior. The population of the island at the 2020 Census was 98,894;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 100,011.[4]

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  1. ^ Cahyono, Bambang Kun; Aditya, Trias; Istarno (9 March 2020). "The Least Square Adjustment for Estimating the Tropical Peat Depth Using LiDAR Data". Remote Sensing. 12 (5): 875. Bibcode:2020RemS...12..875C. doi:10.3390/rs12050875.
  2. ^ Zulirfan, Zulirfan; Rahmad, Muhammad; Yennita, Yennita; Kurnia, Nina; Hadi, Muhammad Sofyan (31 July 2018). "Science Process Skills and Attitudes toward Science of Lower Secondary Students of Merbau Island: A Preliminary Study on the Development of MaritimeBased Contextual Science Learning Media". Journal of Educational Sciences. 2 (2): 90. doi:10.31258/jes.2.2.p.90-99.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tebing Tinggi Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1410010), Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tebing Tinggi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1410020) and Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tebing Tinggi Timur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1410021).

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