Riau Province

Location:
1°05′ S – 2°25′ N
100°00′ E – 105°05′ E

Geographical borders:
North and Northwest: Province of North Sumatera
East: Strait of Malacca
Southeast: Strait of Berhala
South: Province of Jambi
West: Province of West Sumatera

Total area: ± 110,620.96 km²
Sea: 21,470.80 km² (19.41%)
Land: 89,150.16 km²

Islands:
– Rupat
– Bengkalis
– Rangsang
– Rantau

15 Rivers:
– Siak (length 300 km, depth 8-12 m)
– Rokan (length 400 km, depth 6-8 m)
– Kampar (length 400 km, depth 6 m)
– Indragiri (length 500 km, depth 6-8 m)

Topography
Altitude: Low land
0 – 50 m (asl) 50%
50 m (asl) 15%

Soil type:
Organosol: 4.83 million hectares (51.06%)
Podsolic red yellow: 4.48 million hectares (47.40%)
Others: 0.14 million hectares (1.54%)

Climate
Tropical wet
Rainfall: 2,000 – 2,500 mm per year
Raindays: 154 days
Temperature: 27.8°C (minimum 20.9°C and maximum 35.2°C)

10 Regencies & 2 Cities (Population)
1. Kampar (930,215)
2. Indragiri Hilir (685,698)
3. Rokan Hilir (573,211)
4. Bengkalis (516,348)
5. Rokan Hulu (492,006)
6. Siak (390,359)
7. Indragiri Hulu (376,578)
8. Pelelawan (312,738)
9. Kuantan Singingi (302,674)
10. Kepulauan Meranti (182,662)

11. Pekanbaru (930,215)
12. Dumai (262,976)

Provincial Regional Spatial Plan (Perda No.10/1994)
1. Plantation (3,133,398 ha / 33.13 %)
2. Forest (2,909,521 ha / 30.77 %)
3. Protected forest (1,619,891 ha / 17.13 %)
4. Other areas (1,130,503 ha / 11.96 %)
5. Settlement and Transmigration (277,185 ha / 2.93 %)
6. Cities (132,294 ha / 1.40 %)
7. Food crops (116,247 ha / 1.23 %)
8. Mining (94,174 ha / 1,00 %)
9. Pariwisata (23,000 / 0.24 %)
10. Priority area (13,147 ha / 0.14 %)
11. Industry area (6,800 ha / 0.07 %)
Total: 9,456,160 ha

Provincial Regional Spatial Plan (Revised 2007)
1. Plantation (3,650,607 ha / 40.67 %)
2. Production Forest (2,401,678 ha / 26.76 %)
3. Protected forest (1,815,767 ha / 20.23 %)
4. Food crops (708,732 ha / 7.90 %)
5. Others (399,001 ha / 4.44 %)
Total: 8,975,705 ha

Estate Crops/Plantation (2013): 3,543,714 hectares
Smallholders: 2,439,750 hectares
Private Estates: 1,013,517 hectare
Government Estates: 90,447 hectares