# Belinyu

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| name               = Belinyu
| other_name         = 勿里洋
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'''Belinyu''' is a town and [district](/source/Districts_of_Indonesia) (''kecamatan'') of [Bangka Regency](/source/Bangka_Regency), in the [Bangka-Belitung](/source/Bangka-Belitung) province of [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia). The district is located on the northern tip of [Bangka Island](/source/Bangka_Island).
==History==
By the 19th century, tin mines were already operating in Belinyu. [Edward Balfour](/source/Edward_Balfour) recorded that the mines in Belinyu were established by a [Chinese](/source/Chinese_Indonesian) from [Palembang](/source/Palembang), referred to as Demang Ko.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balfour |first1=Edward |title=The Supplement to the Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Etc |year=1858 |publisher=Scottish Press |page=676 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivtWAAAAcAAJ&dq=Belinyu&pg=PA676 |language=en}}</ref> In 1919, steam turbines were installed in Mantung (within Belinyu) to supply electrical power to [tin mining](/source/tin_mining) operations in Bangka.<ref>{{cite web |title=De tinmijnen van Banka en de eerste 33 kV transformator van Smit Transformatoren (1919) |url=https://www.willemsmithistorie.nl/wsmittransformatorenfabriek/artikelen-smit-trafo/903-de-tinmijnen-van-banka-en-de-eerste-33-kv-transformator-van-smit |website=willemsmithistorie.nl |access-date=15 May 2021 |language=nl |date=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Donald William |title=The Electrical Equipment Market of the Netherland East Indies |year=1930 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64K3SmiDG2AC&pg=PA26 |language=en}}</ref>

Following the independence of Indonesia, the island of Bangka was subdivided into five administrative regions (''kewedanan''). Belinyu was made the seat of the North Bangka ''kewedanan'', and while the other four ''kewedanan'' eventually became [regencies](/source/Regencies_of_Indonesia), Belinyu was absorbed into [Bangka Regency](/source/Bangka_Regency).<ref>{{cite news |title=Empat Kewedanaan Sudah Jadi Kabupaten, Bangka Utara Belum Kabupaten Ketimpangan Sejarah |url=https://bangka.tribunnews.com/2018/03/02/empat-kewedanaan-sudah-jadi-kabupaten-bangka-utara-belum-kabupaten-ketimpangan-sejarah |access-date=15 May 2021 |work=Bangka Pos |date=2 March 2018 |language=id-ID}}</ref> 
==Administration==
Belinyu is subdivided into seven urban villages (''kelurahan'') and five rural villages (''desa'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Kecamatan Belinyu |url=https://www.bangka.go.id/?q=content/kecamatan-belinyu |website=bangka.go.id |date = 4 February 2017|access-date=15 May 2021 |language=id}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Smelterij bij een mijn van de Banka-tinwinning in Belinjoe TMnr 60048696.jpg|A smelting house in Belinyu (1914).
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Woningen van arbeiders bij een mijn van de Banka-tinwinning in Belinjoe TMnr 60048697.jpg|Tin miners' housing in Belinyu during the Dutch period.
File:Pantai Romodong, Belinyu, Bangka Belitung, Sore, Menanti Sunset - panoramio.jpg|A beach in Belinyu.
File:Hasil Laut Bahan Baku Kemplang di Kampung Cina, Belinyu, Bangka Belitung - panoramio.jpg|Seafood landed in Belinyu.
</gallery>
==References==
{{commonscat|Belinyu Subdistrict}}
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Category:Districts of the Bangka Belitung Islands
Category:Populated places in the Bangka Belitung Islands

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