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Dumai

Coordinates: 1°40′0″N 101°27′0″E / 1.66667°N 101.45000°E / 1.66667; 101.45000
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Dumai
City of Dumai
Kota Dumai
Other transcription(s)
 • Chinese杜迈
 • Jawiدوماي
Office building in Dumai
Office building in Dumai
Flag of Dumai
Coat of arms of Dumai
Location within Riau
Location within Riau
Dumai is located in Sumatra
Dumai
Dumai
Location in Sumatra and Indonesia
Dumai is located in Indonesia
Dumai
Dumai
Dumai (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°40′0″N 101°27′0″E / 1.66667°N 101.45000°E / 1.66667; 101.45000
Country Indonesia
RegionSumatra
Province Riau
Government
 • MayorZulkifli A.S.
 • Vice MayorEko Suharjo
Area
 • Total2,065.59 km2 (797.53 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
 • Total338,064
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
 [1]
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups[2]Malay
Minangkabau
Javanese
Batak
 • Religion[3]Islam 85.14%
Protestant 10.62%
Buddhism 3.17%
Catholic 0.85%
Confucianism 0.19%
Others 0.03%
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Area code(+62) 765
Websitehttp://www.dumaikota.go.id/

Dumai (Jawi: دوماي‎, Chinese: 杜迈), is a coastal city in Riau Province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, about 188 km from Pekanbaru, the provincial capital. The city has an area of 2,065.59 km2 and had 338,064 inhabitants at the mid 2023 official estimate (comprising 173,758 males and 164,306 females).[1] Dumai has a domestic airport, Pinang Kampai Airport. The city is an important transport and trade centre, both regionally and internationally, especially for traffic to and from Malaysia. The region is rich in oil (petroleum and palm oil).[4]

History

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Currently Dumai City is the second largest city in the province of Riau, but earlier it was a small hamlet on the east coast of Riau Province. It was inaugurated as a city on 20 April 1999, by Law no. 16 of year 1999, having previously been an administrative town (kotif) in Bengkalis Regency.

Administration

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At its inception, the city only consisted of three districts, containing 13 urban villages and 9 rural villages, with a population of just 15,699 people and a density of 83.85/km2.The city is now divided into seven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census[5] and the 2020 census,[6] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres and the number of administrative villages in each district (all 36 classed as urban kelurahan).

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
census
2010
Pop'n
census
2020
Pop'n
estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
14.72.03 Bukit Kapur [7] 336.04 38,051 51,564 55,163 Bukit Nenas 7
14.72.05 Medang Kampai [8] 169.74 10,199 16,794 18,838 Teluk Makmur 4
13.72.04 Sungai Sembilan [9] 1,423.79 27,465 41,738 46,564 Lubuk Gaung 6
13.72.01 Dumai Barat [10]
(West Dumai)
36.02 89,978 44,292 46,141 Purnama 4
13.72.07 Dumai Selatan [11]
(South Dumai)
66.96 (a) 52,791 55,642 Bukit Datuk 5
13.72.02 Dumai Timur [12]
(East Dumai)
28.81 88,110 68,930 73,634 Teluk Binjai 5
13.72.06 Dumai Kota [13]
(Dumai town)
4.24 (a) 40,673 42,082 Laksamana 5
Total City 2,065.59 253,803 316,782 338,064 36

Notes: (a) the 2010 populations of the Dumai Selatan and Dumai Kota Districts are included in the figures for Dumai Barat and Dumai Timur Districts, from which they were cut out in 2009.

The villages (Kelurahan) into which those districts are subdivided are:

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
kelurahan
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
estimate
mid 2023
Post
code
14.72.03.1001 Bukit Nenas 61.60 9,069 28882
14.72.03.1002 Bukit Kayu Kapur 15.94 6,952 28882
14.72.03.1003 Gurun Panjang 84.76 5,628 28882
14.72.03.1004 Bagan Besar 38.44 9,365 28882
14.72.03.1005 Kampung Baru 63.25 7,835 28882
14.72.03.1006 Bagan Besar Timur 14.03 7,457 28882
14.72.03.1007 Bukit Kapur (village) 58.02 8,857 28882
14.72.05.1001 Teluk Makmur 28.64 5,079 28825
14.72.05.1002 Mundam 28.19 4,541 28825
14.72.05.1003 Guntung 15.73 2,210 28825
14.72.05.1004 Pelintung 97.18 7,008 28825
13.72.04.1001 Lubuk Gaung 96.66 12,694 28826
13.72.04.1002 Tanjung Penyembal 116.96 9,995 28826
13.72.04.1003 Bangsal Aceh 201.48 6,030 28826
13.72.04.1004 Basilam Baru 141.37 6,083 28826
13.72.04.1005 Batu Teritip 543.21 5,713 28826
13.72.04.1006 Sungai Geniot 324.11 6,049 28826
13.72.01.1003 Pangkalan Sesai 3.71 10,670 28824
13.72.01.1006 Purnama 11.57 18,162 28823
13.72.01.1008 Bagan Keladi 17.84 6,816 28821
13.72.01.1009 Simpang Tetap
Darul Ihsan
2.90 10,493 28824
13.72.07.1001 Ratu Sima 4.72 15,190 28825
13.72.07.1002 Bukit Timah 16.17 8,948 28826
13.72.07.1003 Mekar Sari 21.07 7,232 28821
13.72.07.1004 Bukit Datuk 20.45 12,910 28825
13.72.07.1005 Bumi Ayu 4.55 11,362 28813
13.72.02.1002 Teluk Binjai 2.65 19,741 28813
13.72.02.1003 Tanjung Palas 12.72 12,357 28816
13.72.02.1004 Jaya Mukti 3.73 20,648 28815
13.72.02.1006 Buluh Kasap 1.61 6,926 28814
13.72.02.1009 Bukit Batrem 8.10 13,962 28811
13.72.06.1001 Laksamana 0.74 3,617 28821
13.72.06.1002 Rimba Sekampung 1.47 14,576 28822
13.72.06.1003 Dumai Kota (village) 0.79 7,483 28811
13.72.06.1004 Bintan 0.60 6,628 28812
13.72.06.1005 Sukajadi 0.64 9,778 28812

Economy

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Macro-economic indicators of the gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) Dumai increasing each year since 2000–2005 is a picture of the success of the development of economy in Dumai. To support the increase in GDP that heavy economic development point of Dumai is to maintain the dominance of construction on industrial sectors, trade, transport and buildings in addition to paying attention to the agricultural sector as a producer of industrial raw materials. Rapid economic growth rate has also provided job opportunities for people, so that the social welfare in Dumai increases.

Obstacles faced in addition to capital issues is the Status of land still touted ex HPH. Four districts in Dumai (Sungai Sembilan, Medang Kampai, lime and West Damai) is an area that has the potential of land resources for the development of agribusiness and agro-industries with appropriate technology engineering byocyclo such as rice farming, crops, vegetables, bananas, pineapples, durian, mango, rambutan, palm, cattle (cows, goats, ducks and chickens) as well as the cultivation of farmed freshwater fish (catfish, carp, carp and ornamental fish). more on the produce of the district the river nine to forward is Palm, banana, and crops. Currently the town River nine new basilam village in particular is very deficient means of infra-structures for the construction of the road. Especially the main road construction kaplingan up to the junction with the durian.

Transportation

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Land

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There are several transportation modes in Pekanbaru such as taxi, bus, oplet (share taxi), bajaj (auto rickshaw), and ojek (motorcycle taxi). For land transport, Dumai is connected to Trans-Sumatran Highway and Trans-Sumatra Toll Road. Bus services operate to Duri, Padang, Medan, Jambi, Pekanbaru and other cities and regions in Riau Province and Sumatra (Terminal AKAP).

Sea

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Dumai Port (Pelabuhan Dumai) is located in Dumai, connecting Dumai with regions in Riau Province, other destinations in Indonesia, and the world. This port is a major port in Riau.

Air

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Pinang Kampai Airport is a domestic airport that serves daily flights to/from several cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Pekanbaru, Medan, Batam, etc.[14][user-generated source]

Climate

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Dumai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Dumai
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.4
(88.5)
31.9
(89.4)
32.4
(90.3)
32.2
(90.0)
32.2
(90.0)
31.9
(89.4)
31.7
(89.1)
31.6
(88.9)
31.5
(88.7)
31.7
(89.1)
31.3
(88.3)
31.3
(88.3)
31.8
(89.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.7
(80.1)
27.1
(80.8)
27.5
(81.5)
27.5
(81.5)
27.6
(81.7)
27.4
(81.3)
27.1
(80.8)
27.1
(80.8)
27.0
(80.6)
27.2
(81.0)
26.9
(80.4)
26.8
(80.2)
27.2
(80.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8)
22.3
(72.1)
22.6
(72.7)
22.9
(73.2)
23.1
(73.6)
22.9
(73.2)
22.6
(72.7)
22.6
(72.7)
22.6
(72.7)
22.7
(72.9)
22.6
(72.7)
22.4
(72.3)
22.6
(72.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 200
(7.9)
150
(5.9)
202
(8.0)
225
(8.9)
191
(7.5)
159
(6.3)
159
(6.3)
200
(7.9)
255
(10.0)
293
(11.5)
299
(11.8)
258
(10.2)
2,591
(102.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org[15]

Tourism

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The Great Mosque of Al Mannan

Dumai is situated on the waterfront has the potential of tourism development such as nature tourism, culture and shopping. Several area attractions including conservation areas in district Nine, forest River in district of Western and Eastern Damai Damai, Prosperous Gulf Coast region in district and Lake Kampai Phoebe Flowers of seven in Eastern Damai. As the main gate to enter the Riau Mainland, some tourists have repeatedly visited the Dumai, especially those that like to visit Malacca. Dumai is very easily accessible due to good transportation connections. There are some interesting sights on the way to Dumai, such as the Sakai tribe, tropical forests along the River, and water colour is unique as the color of tea. Moreover, it also can be seen hundreds of bobbing oil who raised the pipe from the bowels of the Earth. Ramayana shopping center on General Sudirman street was opened in 2007. At night, a variety of Indonesian food is sold along Ombak street. Dumai has some interesting places to be visit,[16] among others:[17]

  • Teluk Makmur Beach
  • Putri Tujuh Grave (Makam Putri Tujuh)
  • Seascape of Dumai
  • The Great Mosque of Al-Badar (Masjid Raya Al-Badar)
  • Bunga Tujuh Lake
  • Pelintung Cave (Goa Pelintung)
  • Forest Tour of Dumai
  • The Great Mosque of Dumai (Masjid Raya Dumai)
  • Pawang Leon Grave (Makam Pawang Leon)
  • Siti of Sea Grave (Makam Siti Laut)
  • The Great Mosque of Al-Mannan (Masjid Raya Al-Mannan)
  • Magic Footprint Tiger (Tapak Harimau Sakti)
  • Tepak Sirih Monument (Tugu Tepak Sirih)

Sister Cities

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Sister Cities Country
Alor Gajah Malaysia Malaysia

References

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  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kota Dumai Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1472)
  2. ^ Local Power and Politics in Indonesia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2003. ISBN 9789814515245
  3. ^ Data Jumlah Penduduk Kota Dumai Berdasarkan Agama 2019 - Badan Pusat Statistik Republik Indonesia <https://datin.dumaikota.go.id/data-dasar/index.php?page=capil-jpma>
  4. ^ "Statistics Indonesia". Dds.bps.go.id. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  5. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  6. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  7. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Bukit Kapur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1473010)
  8. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Medang Kampai Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1473011)
  9. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Sungai Sembilan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1473012)
  10. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Dumai Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1473020)
  11. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Dumai Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1473021)
  12. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Dumai Timur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1473030)
  13. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Dumai Kota Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1473031)
  14. ^ Pinang Kampai Airport
  15. ^ "Climate: Dumai". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Wisa Tamelayu". Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  17. ^ "Wisata Dumai | The Aroengbinang Wisata". thearoengbinangproject.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28.