![]() ![]() Riau is currently one of the richest provinces in Indonesia and is rich in natural resources, particularly petroleum, natural gas, rubber, palm oil and fibre plantations. Riau has a wet tropical climate with average rainfall ranging between 20 millimeters per year, and the average rainfall per year is about 160 days. The total area for Riau province is 87,023.66 square kilometres (33,600.02 sq mi), which stretches from the slopes of the Bukit Barisan to the Strait of Malacca. The province shares land borders with North Sumatra to the northwest, West Sumatra to the west, and Jambi to the south. The provincial capital and the largest city of Riau is Pekanbaru. Until 2004 the province included the offshore Riau Islands, a large group of small islands (of which the principal islands are Batam and Bintan) located east of Sumatra Island and south of Singapore, before these islands were split off as a province in July 2004. It is located in the central eastern coast of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca.
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