Tanjung Balai: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: Riau Islands
• Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
• Population: approximately 48,953
• Coordinates: 1.0001° N, 103.4219° E
• Time zone: Asia/Jakarta (UTC+07:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 888 km (552 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Seletar Airport (XSP, Singapore): 68 km (42 mi), straight line
• Singapore Changi Airport (SIN, Singapore): 75 km (46 mi), straight line
• Senai International Airport (JHB, Malaysia): 76 km (48 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Meral: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Tebing: 3.6 km (2.2 mi)
• Pasirpanjang: 16 km (10 mi)
• Urung: 25 km (16 mi)
• Sawang: 30 km (19 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Iskandar Puteri, 49 km (31 mi)