Bangka
Americannoun
noun
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Bangka island is one of the richest tin-mining regions in the world.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023
In this season of coronavirus, police officers patrolled Bangka Park, aiming thermometers at homeless residents’ foreheads and spraying their hands with sanitizer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2020
Air Force spokesman Hadi Thahjanto said two C-130 Hercules planes were focusing their search efforts in areas northeast of Indonesia's Bangka island, which lies roughly halfway between Surabaya and Singapore, in the Java Sea.
From Reuters • Dec. 29, 2014
For example Friends of the Earth is running a campaign to get Apple to take responsibility for how tin is mined in Bangka, in Indonesia.
From Forbes • Nov. 8, 2013
The mines are situated in the island of Bangka, lying near Palembang, and are said to have been accidentally discovered there in 1710, by the burning of a house.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
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