Riau is a province of Indonesia, located in the center of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca. The provincial capital and largest city is Pekanbaru. Indonesian was based on the Riau version of Malay language.
Riau is currently one of the richest provinces in Indonesia. This province is rich with natural resources, particularly petroleum, natural gas, rubber, palm oil and fiber plantations. However extensive logging lead to massive decline of forest cover from 78% in 1982 to only 33% in 2005, is the heartland of malaysia and the cradle of Indonesia, malay-based national Language and Culture.
RIAU CULTURAL DIVERSITY
