Meranti Islands Regency

Meranti Islands Regency Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti
Regency
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Country	Indonesia
Province	Riau
Regency seat	Selat Panjang
Government
• Regent	Drs. Irwan Nasir, M.Si.
Area
• Total	3,714.19 km2 (1,434.06 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2019)
• Total	186,965
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Website	www.merantikab.go.id

Meranti Islands is a regency (kabupaten) of Riau Province, and lies off the eastern coast of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The regency comprises the islands of Tebing Tinggi, Rangsang, Padang and Merbau, together with minor offshore islands. The principal town is Selat Panjang on Tebing Tinggi Island. The regency covers an area of 3,714.19 km², and had a population of 176,290 at the 2010 Census and 180,946 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate (as of January 2014) was 186,965.

Administrative districts

When created, the regency was divided into five districts (kecamatan), listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census:

Name	English name	Population Census 2010
Tebing Tinggi Barat	Western Tebing Tinggi Island	15,260
Tebing Tinggi	(Eastern) Tebing Tinggi Island	65,748
Rangsang	(Eastern) Rangsang Island	26,526
Rangsang Barat	Western Rangsang Island	24,926
Merbau	Merbau and Padang Islands	44,030

On 26 January 2011 the regency was re-divided into nine districts. The additional four districts are Tebing Tinggi Timur (East Tebing Tingggi Island, leaving the residual area of Tebing Tinggi District to cover the town of Selat Panjang), Rangsang Pesisir (Coastal Rangsang), Pulau Merbau (Merbau Island, leaving the residual area of Merbau District to cover the southern part of Padang Island) and Tasik Putri Puyu (covering the northern part of Padang Island). The nine districts have areas as follows:

Name	Area in km2
Tebing Tinggi Barat	587.33
Tebing Tinggi	81.00
Tebing Tinggi Timur	768.00
Rangsang	411.12
Rangsang Pesisir	371.14
Rangsang Barat	128.20
Merbau	436.00
Pulau Merbau	380.40
Tasik Putri Puyu	551.00