Bangka Belitung Islands

Indonesia is rich of cultures many people have not yet discovered all the fascinating location to visit in Indonesia. Meet one of the Islands, Bangka-Belitung is known to be the most wanted location because of the occurrence Momentum Solar Eclipse a very rare phenomenon that can only be attend once for every 54 years. Bangka-Belitung is one of the most searched spot to see this rare sensational experience, there are plenty number of tourists who droves from all around the world who would come to visit the place to enjoy natural beauty of the magnificent sights that can only be seen in one part of the world. Bangka-Belitung Islands have many beaches, coast, seashore and several small Islands. Some beaches are famous for their natural attractiveness with blue seawaters, variety of coral reefs, white sand, and giant granite rock formations.

Bangka-Belitung is also a historical place. In the very early decades Chinese workers mostly men, traveled far away from their home to have a better life and found out that Bangka-Belitung is a very rich in supplement nature, so they decided to stay an began to start a new life in Indonesia. They began to learn how to interact with the local and soon later intermarriages followed. When riots of anti-Chinese occurred in some part of Indonesia in 1998, Bangka-Belitung managed to stay in peace, which at the end the local and Chinese people lived peacefully in Bangka-Belitung province. Throughout decades many more people from all around the world came and decided to stay in this small Island leaving bigger number of population increased as Today Bangka-Belitung has over 1,300,000 of population. With estimation of Malays (48%), Chinese (40%), Javanese (3%), others (5%). Religion of Muslim (52%), Buddhist (25.24%), Confucianism (7.25%), Protestantism (5.8%), Roman Catholicism (1.8%), Hindu (0.03%). Language of Indonesian, Bangka Malay Belitung Malay, Loncong, Hakka (Chinese).