Historically, Riau has been a part of various monarchies before the arrival of European colonial powers.
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On 10 August 1957, the province of Riau was inaugurated and it included the Riau Islands until 2004.
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Riau is one of the wealthiest provinces in Indonesia and is rich in natural resources, particularly petroleum, natural gas, rubber, palm oil and fibre plantations.
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Riau is thought to have been inhabited since the time between 40,000 and 10,000 BC.
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Hundreds of thousands of Riau people were forced to work by the Japanese army to complete this project.
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Riau had become one of the areas influenced by the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia in the late 1950s.
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Petroleum exploitation in Riau began in the Siak Block in September 1963, with the signing of a work contract with PT California Texas Indonesia.
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Riau was the main destination for the transmigration program launched by the Suharto administration.
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Many families from Java have moved to newly opened oil palm plantations in Riau, thus forming a separate community which is quite significant.
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Geographically, Riau which has thousands of cities in Pekanbaru is located at position 02 ° 25 'LU-01 ° 15 ° LS and 100 ° 03'-104 ° 00' BT.
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Riau is directly adjacent to North Sumatra and the Straits of Malacca in the north, Jambi to the south, West Sumatra to the west and the Riau Islands in the east.
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In general, Riau Province has a wet tropical climate that is influenced by two seasons, namely the rainy and dry seasons.
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Province of Riau is led by a governor who is elected directly with his representative for a 5-year term.
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Riau Province is subdivided into ten regencies and two autonomous cities, listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 and 2020 Censuses, and according to the official estimates as at mid 2021.
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Total population of Riau spread over ten regencies and two cities as at end June 2022 reached 6,493,603 people consisting of 3,324,737 male inhabitants and 3,168,866 female inhabitants.
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Riau was once the seat of great Malay sultanates, such as the Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura, the Pelalawan Sultanate and the Indragiri Sultanate.
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Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau, has a Minangkabau majority, since it was once one of the Minangkabau rantau area.
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People of Riau generally uses the local dialect of Malay and Indonesian, the official language of Indonesia.
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The traditional script in Riau is Jawi, an Arabic-based writing in the Malay language.
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Non-mainstream varieties in Riau include Orang Sakai, Orang Asli, Orang Akit, and Orang Laut.
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The pronunciation of Riau Minangkabau is similar to the Payakumbuh-Batusangkar dialect, even differs from that of other dialects varieties of West Sumatra.
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Presently, Riau Hokkien has incorporated many words from the local language such as Malay and Indonesian.
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However, Riau has some traditional dress that cannot be found in other parts of the Malay world.
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The daily clothes of Riau people are commonly used for reciting or for studying.
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People of Riau who are adults, they wear distinctive clothing and are very close to religious and cultural values.
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The difference with the mak yong performed in the Kelantan-Pattani region is that they usually does not use masks, as mak yong in Riau uses masks for some of the King's female characters, princesses, criminals, demons, and spirits.
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Gambus Riau is played by individuals as entertainment for fishermen on boats who are looking for fish.
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Not only in Riau, keris is generally used by nobles in Southeast Asia.
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Riau serves as a junction of the highway, with North Sumatra to the north, Jambi to the south and West Sumatra to the west.
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Prime tourist attractions of Riau can be divided into natural environment, as well as the culture and history of the Riau Malay people.
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Tourist attractions in Riau are diverse, ranging from marine tourism, because of the location of Riau which is directly facing the Strait of Malacca.
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Therefore, making it one of the biggest contributors to tourist attractions in Riau that attract both domestic and international tourists each year.
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Cuisine of Riau is heavily influenced by Malay and Minangkabau cuisines, and slightly influenced by Chinese and Javanese cuisines.
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The cuisine in Riau is somewhat similar to the cuisine in the Malay Peninsula across the Strait of Malacca.
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Traditional Malay cuisine in Riau has much in common with other Malay cuisines in other part of the Malay world and Sumatran cuisine which generally uses spices and coconut milk to produce spicy, fatty and thick curry.
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