Tebing Tinggi Island

This article is about the island in Riau. For the city in North Sumatra, see Tebing Tinggi.

Tebing Tinggi Island (also Rantau) is an island off the north east coast of Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, located in the Strait of Malacca. It is located in the Meranti Islands Regency, and is directly east of Padang Island and directly south of Rangsang Island.^[1][2] The area is 1,600.06 km².

Tebing Tinggi

Location of Tebing Tinggi in Riau Province

The capital is Selat Panjang, with 66,385 inhabitants in mid 2023. Other population centers include Bengkikit, Merbau, Mengkudu, Sungaitohor and Mayau around the coast, and Deremi in the interior. The population of the island at the 2020 Census was 98,894;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 100,011.^[4]