:Bintan Regency

{{Short description|Regency in Riau Islands, Indonesia}}

{{Redirect|Bintan|the island|Bintan Island}}

{{EngvarB|date=March 2015}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Bintan Regency

| native_name = Kabupaten Bintan

| native_name_lang = id

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| type = Regency

| image_seal = Lambang Kabupaten Bintan.png

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| image_map = Locator Bintan Regency.png

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| map_caption = Location within Riau Islands

| coordinates = {{coord|1.01|N|104.55|E|type:adm2nd_region:ID|display=title,inline}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Indonesia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Riau Islands

| seat_type = Regency seat

| seat = Bandar Seri Bentan

| leader_title = Regent

| leader_name = Roby Kurniawan,S.P.W.K

| leader_title1 = Vice Regent

| leader_name1 = Ahdi Muqsith,S.I.P

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 2045.32

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| population_as_of = 2023 estimate

| population_total = 175873

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = Indonesia Western Time

| utc_offset1 = +7

| website = {{URL|www.bintankab.go.id/|bintankab.go.id}}

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| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = (+62) 770

| pushpin_map = Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bintan, Sumatra and Indonesia

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Bintan Regency (originally the Riau Islands Regency; {{langx|id|Kabupaten Kepulauan Riau}}){{cite web|title=PERATURAN PEMERINTAH REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 5 TAHUN 2006 TENTANG PERUBAHAN NAMA KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN RIAU MENJADI KABUPATEN BINTAN|url=https://jdih.kemenkeu.go.id/fulltext/2006/5TAHUN2006PP.htm|language=id|access-date=23 February 2006|publisher=The Government of Indonesia}}{{cite web|title=Kabupaten Kepulauan Riau Diubah Menjadi Kabupaten Bintan|date=28 February 2006 |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/74602/kabupaten-kepulauan-riau-diubah-menjadi-kabupaten-bintan|language=id|access-date=28 February 2006|publisher=Tempo.co}} is an administrative area in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. Bintan Regency includes all of Bintan Island (except for the city of Tanjung Pinang which is separately administered as an autonomous area of the island) and also includes many outlying islands including the Tambelan Archipelago and Badas Islands situated between Bintan and West Kalimantan; altogether there are 273 islands comprising the regency.

The Bintan Regency originally included all of the areas now comprising the Riau Islands Province, but on 4 October 1999 parts of the regency were split off to create separate Regencies of Karimun and Natuna (the latter originally including what in 2008 became the Anambas Islands Regency), together with the independent city of Batam. On 21 June 2001 the town of Tanjung Pinang on Bintan Island was also split off to become an independent city. In 2002 all these areas which had comprised the original Bintan Regency were brought together in a new Riau Islands Province when that was created from the archipelagic part of Riau Province. On 18 December 2003 a further regency – for the Lingga Islands – was created from part of the residual Bintan Regency.

Bintan Regency now covers an area of 2,045.32 km². It had a population of 142,300 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 159,518 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 175,873.