Bunguran Islands


The Bunguran Islands are an archipelago in Riau Islands province, Indonesia, located in the Natuna Sea, the southern portion of the South China Sea. The archipelago forms the central part of the Natuna Regency, an archipelago of 272 islands in total, which is in turn included in the Tudjuh Archipelago, off the northwest coast of Borneo. The largest island of the archipelago is Bunguran or Pulau Natuna Besar, situated in the Middle Natuna Archipelago. The group covers a land area of 1,698.6 km2 and had a population of 52,013 at the 2010 Census. It is divided into nine districts – seven of which are tabulated below from north to south with their areas and 2010 Census populations, plus the number of administrative villages within that district and the postcode:
NameEnglish nameArea in
km2
Population
No. of
Villages
Post
Code
Bunguran Utara402.63,817829775
Bunguran Timur Laut233.94,306729776
Bunguran Tengah171.92,834329778
Bunguran Timur145.822,800629777
Bunguran Barat444.810,893529782
Bunguran Selatan232.12,537429783
Pulau Tiga67.54,826629788

Two additional districts have been created since 2010 out of the existing districts - Bunguran Batubi and Pulau Tiga Barat.