14 Facts About Batam

Batam is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands, Indonesia.

Batam Island is the core urban and industrial zone, while both Rempang Island and Galang Island maintain their rural character and are connected to Batam Island by short bridges.

Batam is a roughly oval island with many bays, islets, and peninsulas, located west of Bintan Island, south of Singapore, north of Rempang and Galang, and east of Bulan Island.

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

BP Batam plays a role in land governance and investment in the Special Economic Zone of Batam.

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Batam city is divided into twelve districts – which include several adjacent islands such as Bulan, Rempang and Galang, as well as Batam Island itself.

Today, Batam is inhabited by a heterogeneous mixture of people due to labor migration and desire to be close to Singapore; it is very diverse, two-thirds of the population are migrants.

The location of Batam, which is close to Singapore, is conducive to the development of economic, sociopolitical, and cultural aspects of the local community.

Batam is the third-busiest entry port to Indonesia next to Bali and Jakarta.

Trans Batam is the most reliable and the cheapest public transportation in Batam.

Trans Batam is the second BRT system in Indonesia, after Jakarta's TransJakarta.

Taxis in Batam are available almost anywhere, at ferry terminals, the airport, shopping malls, hotels, etc.

BP Batam, which operates Hang Nadim International Airport, will build a new terminal with a capacity of eight million passengers per year for each terminal in late 2016.

BP Batam intends to build eight paired jetbridges in the new terminal.