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Thousand Islands (Indonesia)

Island chain north of Jakarta, forming its only regency.

A chain of 342 islands, the Thousand Islands stretch 45 km northward from Jakarta's coast into the Java Sea.[1] According to a decree, 36 islands are designated for recreational use, but only 13 have been fully developed.[2]

Quick Facts

Official name
Administrative Regency of Thousand Islands; Kabupaten Administrasi Kepulauan Seribu
Motto
Daya Bersehaty
Leader
Muhammad Fadjar Churniawan
Area (km²)
10.18
Elevation (m)
1
Population
27749

Facts from the source article.

Geography and history

The regency contains 110 islands on the official list and is divided into two districts: South Thousand Islands and North Thousand Islands.[3] The South Thousand Islands district is closest to Jakarta's coast, covering 3.04 km² with an estimated 12,474 people in mid-2022.[4] The North Thousand Islands district is further north, covering 5.65 km² with an estimated 17,245 people in mid-2022.[4] After a coup by General Suharto, Chris Soumokil was arrested and held at Onrust, later executed there on 21 April 1966.[5]

The islands constitute an administrative regency that is part of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta; unlike other regencies, this one lacks its own local legislature.[3] In 1656 the VOC built a small rectangular fort featuring two bastions, and this fort was later expanded in 1671.[6]

What the cited sources add

Park head Sri Andajani said the Kepulauan Seribu National Park is a group of 78 islands in Jakarta's northern waters.[7] The park was struggling with garbage from Jakarta's 13 rivers and diesel oil spillage from barges, according to Sri Andajani.[7] Individual owners of some islands are less concerned with conservation, with some building dams by moving undersea coral.[7] In 2010, almost 14,000 people visited the park, but many entered private islands without permits.[7]

The park cooperates with local communities and fishermen in planting mangroves to prevent abrasion.[7] The kelurahan was re-established on 27 July 2000 when Kepulauan Seribu became a regency.[8][9] In August 1986, Pulau Panggang was formally inaugurated as the administrative center for the Kelurahan Pulau Panggang.[8][9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Thousand Islands (Indonesia)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: SK Gubernur KDKI No. 1986/2000 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Thousand Islands (Indonesia)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: SK Gubernur KDKI No. 1814/198 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Thousand Islands (Indonesia)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "National Geographic Traveler", Jakarta, 2012, p. 72 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Thousand Islands (Indonesia)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kepulauan Seribu Regency in Figures 2025", BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Kepulauan Seribu Regency, 28 February 2025, p. 8; Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Thousand Islands (Indonesia)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Indonesia Reader", Duke University Press, 2009, p. 322; "Security and Civil Liberties: The Case of Terrorism", Intersentia, 2005, p. 81 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Thousand Islands (Indonesia)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Archived copy" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Sufa, "Sri Andajani: Thousand Islands, conservation or submersion", The Jakarta Post, 28 June 2011. facts only, no text reused. thejakartapost.com
  8. pulauseribu-indonesia.com, "Pulau Panggang Saksi Bisu Sejarah Pemerintahan", May 16, 2010. facts only, no text reused. arsmusic.wordpress.com
  9. Wikipedia, "Thousand Islands (Indonesia)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: pulauseribu-indonesia.com, "Pulau Panggang Saksi Bisu Sejarah Pemerintahan", May 16, 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Thousand Islands (Indonesia) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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