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Manggar

Field	Value
official_name	Manggar
settlement_type	Town/District
image_skyline	COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Administrateurswoning van de Billiton Maatschappij te Manggar TMnr 10007281.jpg
image_caption	House of a Billiton Maatschappij in Manggar in the time of the Dutch East Indies
map_caption	Location of Manggar in Bangka Belitung
pushpin_map	Indonesia Bangka Belitung
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Flag of Bangka-Belitung.svg Bangka Belitung
subdivision_type2	Regency
subdivision_name2	[[File:Lambang_Kabupaten_Belitung_Timur.jpeg	15px]] East Belitung
established_date	9 October 1871
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	229
pop_est_footnotes
population_est	39,135
pop_est_as_of	2020 Census
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Indonesia Western Time
utc_offset	+7

Manggar (; ) is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia which is a port on the east coast of Belitung Island, and is the seat of the East Belitung Regency. The town was founded as a tin mining town in the 19th century.

History

In the 1860s, the Dutch prospectors of the Billiton Maatschappij explored the area and established the mining district of Burung Mandi Lenggang. In 1863, a tin mine was established on the right banks of the Manggar River, and the district was renamed to Manggar district in 1866. Manggar was opened to immigration of "foreign orientals" (Asian foreigners) on 8 October 1871, which is selected as the establishment date for the district.

In late 1945, during the early stages of the Indonesian National Revolution, the Dutch authorities reoccupied the town although they encountered some resistance from the newly formed Indonesian Armed Forces. After Indonesian independence, the Manggar district was one of the four districts comprising the island of Belitung by the 1980s. Manggar became the seat of the East Belitung Regency after its formation in 2003.

Demographics

39,135 people lived in Manggar at the 2020 census – making it the most populous district in East Belitung and the second most populated in the island behind Tanjung Pandan. The sex ratio is 104.5 males to 100 females.

Administrative division

The district of Manggar is further subdivided into nine villages. Out of these, three – Kelubi, Buku Limau, and Bentaian Jaya – are classified by Statistics Indonesia as "rural" (desa), while the rest are "urban" (kelurahan).

Village	Area
(in km2)	Population
(2020 Census)
Kelubi	85.91	2,690
Padang	96.00	7,519
Lalang	3.25	4,909
Lalang Jaya	1.38	3,515
Kurnia Jaya	2.40	5,549
Baru	2.70	9,564
Buku Limau	3.90	694
Bentaian Jaya	32.09	1,622
Mekar Jaya	1.37	3,073

For elections of East Belitung's municipal council, Manggar shares an electoral district with the neighboring district of .

Notable people

Yusril Ihza Mahendra (born 1956), lawyer and national politician
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (born 1966), Governor of Jakarta (2014–2017)

References

"DPRD Beltim Gelar Paripurna hingga Makan Bedulang Hari Jadi Manggar ke-146".
"Kecamatan Manggar Dalam Angka 2018". [[Statistics Indonesia]].
(10 October 2017). "Yuslih Ceritakan Sejarah Manggar". Ina Pos.
(1977). "Sekitar perang kemerdekaan Indonesia: Agresi Militer Belanda. cet. 1. 1978". DISJARAH-AD.
(1991). "Company Island: A Note on the History of Belitung". Indonesia.
"Manggar, Kampung Laskar Pelangi yang Eksotis". [[Ministry of Tourism (Indonesia).
"PERATURAN KEPALA BADAN PUSAT STATISTIK NOMOR 37 TAHUN 2010".
Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
"Daerah Pemilihan dan Alokasi Kursi Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten Belitung Timur dalam Pemilihan Umum tahun 2019". [[Komisi Pemilihan Umum.
(11 October 2016). "Profil Yusril Ihza Mahendra". VIVA.
(4 January 2019). "11 Riwayat Hidup Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok yang akan Bebas 24 Januari". detiknews.

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