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Riau Islands, propinsi (or provinsi; province), western Indonesia, that embraces some 2,000 islands in the South China Sea. The province includes, most notably, the Riau archipelago, to the south of Singapore; the Lingga archipelago, off the southeastern coast of the Indonesian province of Riau (east-central Sumatra); and the Natuna, Anambas, and Tambelan island clusters, widely scattered in the waters between western Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula. The most important islands are Batam, Bintan, and Great Karimun (Indonesian: Karimun Besar), all in the Riau archipelago. Tanjungpinang, on Bintan, is the provincial capital. Area 3,167 square miles (8,202 square km). Pop. ...(100 of 1057 words)

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