Dumai


Dumai, 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 349,389 inhabitants at the mid 2024 official estimate. 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.

History

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 in Bengkalis Regency.

Administration

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, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres and the number of administrative villages in each district.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
census
2010		Pop'n
census
2020		Pop'n
estimate
mid 2024		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages
14.72.03Bukit Kapur336.0438,05151,56456,954Bukit Nenas7
14.72.05Medang Kampai169.7410,19916,79420,196Teluk Makmur4
13.72.04Sungai Sembilan1,423.7927,46541,73849,448Lubuk Gaung6
13.72.01Dumai Barat
36.0289,97844,29247,419Purnama4
13.72.07Dumai Selatan
66.9652,79157,591Bukit Datuk5
13.72.02Dumai Timur
28.8188,11068,93075,936Teluk Binjai5
13.72.06Dumai Kota
4.2440,67341,845Laksamana5
Total City2,065.59253,803316,782349,38936

Notes: 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 into which those districts are subdivided are:

Economy

Macro-economic indicators of the gross Regional Domestic Product 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 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 as well as the cultivation of farmed freshwater 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

Land

There are several transportation modes in Pekanbaru such as taxi, bus, oplet, bajaj, and ojek.
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.

Sea

Dumai Port 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

is a domestic airport that serves daily flights to/from several cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Pekanbaru, Medan, Batam, etc.

Climate

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

Tourism

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, among others:
  • Teluk Makmur Beach
  • Putri Tujuh Grave
  • Seascape of Dumai
  • The Great Mosque of Al-Badar
  • Bunga Tujuh Lake
  • Pelintung Cave
  • Forest Tour of Dumai
  • The Great Mosque of Dumai
  • Pawang Leon Grave
  • Siti of Sea Grave
  • The Great Mosque of Al-Mannan
  • Magic Footprint Tiger
  • Tepak Sirih Monument

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