Pangkalpinang (Jawi: ڤڠكل ڤينڠ, Chinese: 邦加檳港; pinyin: Bāng jiā bīn gǎng), or Pîn-kóng (槟港) in Hakka, is the largest town on the Indonesian island of Bangka and the capital of the province of Kepulauan Bangka Belitung.
Population: 125,933
Latitude: -2° 07' 44.90" S
Longitude: 106° 06' 49.57" E
Bangka (or sometimes Banka) is an island lying east of Sumatra, administratively part of Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of about 1 million. It is the main part of Bangka-Belitung Province. The provincial capital, Pangkal Pinang, lies on the i…
Pangkalpinang (Jawi: ڤڠكل ڤينڠ, Chinese: 邦加檳港) is the largest town on the Indonesian island of Bangka and the capital of the province of Kepulauan Bangka Belitung.
The Bangka Island massacre was committed on 16 February 1942, when Imperial Japanese soldiers machine gunned 22 Australian Army nurses (only one survived - Vivian Bullwinkel) and some 60 Australian and British soldiers and crew members from two sunk…
Depati Amir Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Depati Amir) (IATA: PGK, ICAO: WIPK, formerly WIKK), also known as Pangkal Pinang Airport, is an airport serving Pangkal Pinang, the largest town on the island of Bangka and the capital of the province o…