Riau

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Riau Province in Indonesia
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Riau is a province of Indonesia. It is on the central eastern coast of Sumatra. Its capital city is Pekanbaru. Riau is rich in natural resources.[1] It has petroleum, natural gas, rubber, and palm oil.

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  1. Lesley Potter; et al., The Effects of Indonesia's Decentralisation on Forest and Estate Crops in Riau Province (Bogor: Center for International Forestry Research, 2001), p. 17