{{Short description|Island of Indonesia}} {{Infobox islands | name = Pongok | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | map_image = Pongok Island Location.svg | map_caption = Location of Pongok in [[Bangka-Belitung]] | native_name = Pulau Pongok<br>Pulau Liat<br>Pulo Leat | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = | coordinates = {{coord|2|52|39|S|107|1|35|E|display=inline}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 48.35 | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 125 | country = [[Indonesia]] | country_admin_divisions_title = Province | country_admin_divisions = [[Bangka Belitung Islands]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Regency | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[South Bangka Regency|South Bangka]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = District | country_admin_divisions_2 = Pongok Islands | country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Village | country_admin_divisions_3 = Pongok | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | population = 4,767 (2020)<ref name="bps">{{cite web|title=Pongok Islands District in Numbers 2017|url=https://bangkaselatankab.bps.go.id/backend/pdf_publikasi/Kecamatan-Kepulauan-Pongok-Dalam-Angka-2017.pdf|publisher=[[Statistics Indonesia]]|accessdate=3 October 2017|location=Toboali|language=id}}</ref> | population_as_of = | density_km2 = 98.6 | ethnic_groups = }} '''Pongok''' ({{langx|id|Pulau Pongok}}; {{IPA|id|ˌpulau̯ ˈpɔŋɔʔ|pron}}), also known as '''Liat''', is an Indonesian island which is part of the Pongok Islands District of the [[South Bangka]] Regency, [[Bangka Belitung]] Province. It comprises over 95% of the district's area and most of its population, with an area of 48.3 square km. It is the 5th largest island in the province, being far smaller than [[Bangka Island|Bangka]] and [[Belitung]] in addition to the islands of [[Lepar Island|Lepar]] and [[Mendanau Island|Mendanau]].
The smaller island of [[Celagen Island|Celagen]], off the western coast of the island, holds the remaining population of the district. Before its division in 2012, the island was part of the Lepar Pongok District.
==Geography== The island is located approximately halfway between Bangka and Belitung, in the middle of the [[Gaspar Strait]], resulting in it sometimes being referred to as "Middle Island".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Horsburgh|first1=James|title=Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, and the Interjacent Ports, Volume 2|date=2014|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781108077293|page=125|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JT3JBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref> The island stretches approximately 10 km north–south and 8.5 km east–west. Several small streams flow in the island. The terrain is largely flat with little prominent elevations, the highest point on the island being only 125 m above sea level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Elevation Data - with SRTM voids filled using accurate topographic mapping|url=http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html|website=www.viewfinderpanoramas.org|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref> The island is accessible by boat, with a three-hour journey from mainland Bangka.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kepulauan Pongok Surganya Penikmat Ikan Segar - Bangka Selatan|url=http://www.bangkaselatan.com/2016/08/kepulauan-pongok-surganya-penikmat-ikan-segar/|website=Bangka Selatan|accessdate=3 October 2017|language=id|date=4 August 2016}}</ref> ==Demographics== The island, as Pongok Village, has a population of 5,377 with a sex ratio of 1.14 and divided into 916 households (5.8 persons per household).<ref name="bps"/> ==Economy and administration== The island is part of the Pongok Village in the district (Celagen Viullage, on the island of that name, comprises the other part of the district), and is further subdivided into 7 hamlets (''dusun''). A solar power plant with a peak capacity of 125 kilowatts was established on the island in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hardi|first1=Try Mustika|title=PLN Bangun PLTS di Daerah Terisolir|url=http://www.antarababel.com/berita/29255/pln-bangun-plts-di-daerah-terisolir|accessdate=3 October 2017|work=[[Antara (news agency)|Antara]] Babel|date=28 October 2015|language=id}}</ref>
A stark majority of the labor force are engaged in fisheries and agriculture, with a fish production of about 6,850 tonnes throughout 2016. Several public-funded schools are present on the island, ranging from kindergarten (''TK'') to senior high school (''SMA'').<ref name="bps"/> ==References== {{RefList}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Pongok Island}}
[[Category:Bangka Belitung Islands]]