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Residency of Riouw and Dependencies
Residentie Riouw en Onderhoorigheden
Residency of Sumatra
1824–1942

Riouw and Dependencies in 1860
CapitalTandjoengpinang
History 
2 June 1824
14 February–28 March 1942
Today part ofRiau
Riau Islands

The Residency of Riouw and Dependencies (Dutch: Residentie Riouw en Onderhoorigheden) was a subdivision of the Governorate of Sumatra with its capital in Tanjungpinang, it was created after the Anglo-Dutch treaty of 1824 was ratified by the Dutch parliament. Riouw once host over the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga until its abolition in 1911.

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