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Bangka Belitung

province, Indonesia
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Virginia Gorlinski
Virginia (Gini) Gorlinski was Arts and Culture Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She was responsible primarily for subjects related to music and dance but also handled articles concerning Malaysia and...
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Bangka Belitung, propinsi (or provinsi; province) of Indonesia, comprising the islands of Bangka and Belitung, which are separated by the Gelasa Strait, as well as a number of smaller surrounding islands. It is bounded to the north by the South China Sea, to the east by the Karimata Strait, to the south by the Java Sea, and to the west by the narrow Bangka Strait, across which lies the Indonesian province of South Sumatra (Sumatera...

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