Bengkalis Regency is a regency of Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 in the Riau province. The regency, which comprises the whole Bengkalis island in the Strait of Malacca

Strait of Malacca

The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is named after the Malacca Sultanate that ruled over the archipelago between 1414 to 1511.-Extent:...

, has been established since 1956. The regency is divided into 13 subdistricts

Subdistricts of Indonesia

In Indonesia, a kecamatan or district is a subdivision of a regency or of a city . A district is itself divided into kelurahan or administrative villages....

 (or kecamatan) and 24 villages

Subdistricts of Indonesia

In Indonesia, a kecamatan or district is a subdivision of a regency or of a city . A district is itself divided into kelurahan or administrative villages....

 (or kelurahan).

Bengkalis Regency produces natural resources, particularly petroleum

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

, rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

, and coconut

Coconut

The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...

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Geography

Bengkalis Regency comprises the whole Bengkalis island which is located in the Straits of Malacca. The Bengkalis Strait separates island with Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

 as well as Padang Island

Padang Island

Padang Island is an island in Riau province, Indonesia, close to the east coast of Sumatra island. The area is 1109 km². It should not be confused with the city of Padang, Sumatra, or the island Padang in Borneo....

 and Tebing Tinggi Island

Tebing Tinggi Island

Tebing Tinggi Island is an island off the northern coast of Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Not to be confused with Tebing Tinggi city in North Sumatra. It is directly west of Padang Island and directly south of Rangsang Island....

. Bengkalis is one of regency in Riau province. The area covers of eastern coastal area of Sumatra island and archipelago area. It covers 11.481, 77 Km2 and has borders:
It borders on Malacca straits to the North.
It border on Siak Regency and Kepulauan Meranti Regency to the South.
It border on Dumai municipality, Rokan Hilir Regency and Rokan Hulu Regency to the West.
It border on Kepulauan Meranti Regency to the East.