"8.8e+08"^^ . "Batam refers to both an island, municipality (an Indonesian kotamadya), the largest city in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia, across the Strait of Singapore, the third-largest city in Sumatra region after Medan and Palembang, and the eighth-largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta Raya, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Semarang, Makassar, and Palembang.Batam is an industrial boomtown, an emerging transport hub, a part of a free trade zone the Indonesia\u2013Malaysia\u2013Singapore Growth Triangle, located 20 km (12 mi) off Singapore's south coast. "@en . "Kota Industri (Indonesian): \"The Industrial City\""@en . . "772.204"^^ . . "Mayor"@en . "+62 778" . "(Batam as a civil modern city and as the centre of national economy development)" . "1035280"^^ . "Chairman of BP Batam"@en . . "+7" . . "Terwujudnya Batam Sebagai Bandar Dunia yang Modern dan Pusat Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Nasional" . . "7.15e+08"^^ . "Batam"@en . . "1.595e+09"^^ . "Vice Mayor"@en . "29453" .