Tanjung Balai Karimun

Tanjung Balai
Tanjung Balai-Karimun
City
Other transcription(s)
  Jawi تنجوڠ بالاي-كريماون
  Chinese 丹戎巴來-卡日暮你
Tanjung Balai

Location of the city in Indonesia Sumatra

Coordinates: 01°00′00″N 103°25′18″E / 1.00000°N 103.42167°E / 1.00000; 103.42167
Country  Indonesia
Province Riau Islands Province
Regency Karimun Regency
Government
  Regent H. Aunur Rafiq, S.Sos, M.Si
Time zone WIT (UTC+07)
For other meanings of Tanjung Balai, see Tanjung Balai (disambiguation).

Tanjung Balai, (Jawi: تنجوڠ بالاي-كريماون, simplified Chinese: 丹戎巴來-卡日暮你; traditional Chinese: 丹戎巴萊-卡日暮你; pinyin: Dān róng bā lái-kǎ rìmù nǐ) often abbreviated Tg. Balai, is the main town in the Great Karimun island, part of the Karimun Regency, Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. It is often called Tanjung Balai Karimun to distinguish it from another Tanjung Balai in the Asahan Regency.

Transport

It has a port by the same name that has services to Sumatran port/city of Dumai, crossing the Strait of Malacca as well as to Singapore crossing the Straits of Singapore.

The city is served by the Sei Bati Airport

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