Kacang Butor – a small settlement in Kecamatan Badau, Kabupaten Belitung
Kacang Butor is a smaller settlement that belongs to the administrative district of Kecamatan Badau, as part of Kabupaten Belitung, in the Kepulauan Bangka Belitung (Bangka Belitung Islands) province, Indonesia. Based on its coordinates (-2.7396° south latitude, 107.8347° east longitude), it is located in the interior region of Belitung Island. Presently, no direct, settlement-level statistical data is available for the village; the following presents verified facts known at the Kabupaten Belitung level and the broader regional context.
General overview
Kacang Butor belongs to the administrative district of Kecamatan Badau, which is located in the interior of Belitung Island. Kabupaten Belitung itself has an area of 2,293.69 km² and, based on estimates conducted in mid-2025, is inhabited by approximately 193,345 residents. The kabupaten's administrative center is Tanjung Pandan, where nearly 57 percent of the population, or approximately 110,544 residents, lives; this indicates that a significant portion of the regency's population is concentrated in a single urban center, while other areas – such as Kecamatan Badau and its associated villages, including Kacang Butor – are characterized by considerably lower population density and typically rural character. Belitung Island is generally known for its mining heritage (primarily tin and kaolin extraction), as well as tourism that has developed in recent decades, partly promoted by films and literary works named after the island. No independent, verifiable source is available regarding the character and size of Kacang Butor, thus the above regional framework provides the most reliable context.
Real estate and investment
The available source materials do not contain settlement-level real estate market data for Kacang Butor. Within the broader framework of Kabupaten Belitung, it can be stated that real estate development activity on Belitung Island over the past decade has been primarily perceptible around Tanjung Pandan and in areas linked to coastal tourism, while interior, rural districts – such as Kecamatan Badau generally – possess considerably more modest market dynamics. Regarding the general framework of Indonesian property regulations, it should be noted that foreign nationals cannot acquire full ownership rights (Hak Milik) of real estate in Indonesia; for them, long-term rental constructions (Hak Sewa) or legal structures that avoid nominal ownership solutions come into consideration, and these invariably require the involvement of local legal experts. From an investment perspective, in the case of rural, interior-located villages – as Kacang Butor presumably is – liquidity and value appreciation potential typically lag behind those of regency-central or coastal locations; however, this cannot be considered a claim substantiated by concrete sources from the available materials, merely a relationship that can be drawn from the general territorial inequalities of Kabupaten Belitung.
Safety and security
No settlement-level public safety data is available for Kacang Butor. Kabupaten Belitung and, more broadly, the Kepulauan Bangka Belitung province are not generally classified among Indonesia's regions with particularly problematic public safety; the province consists of small and medium-sized islands characterized by relatively low population density and distinctly rural communities engaged in agriculture and mining. However, it must be emphasized that specific crime statistics or security assessments for this area cannot be cited from available sources; for any current information of this nature, the current travel advisory publications from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other reliable consular sources are the authoritative references.
Tourist attractions
No named tourist attraction is listed in the available sources for Kacang Butor. At the Kabupaten Belitung level, however, it is known that Belitung Island has become one of Indonesia's emerging tourism destinations, whose main appeal lies in distinctive white sandy beaches dotted with granite rock formations and clear-water coastal areas – these, however, are primarily concentrated in the island's coastal regions, not in interior districts such as Kecamatan Badau. Information concerning cultural and natural attractions associated with the regency's administrative center, Tanjung Pandan, and coastal destinations are available in regency-level sources; however, providing precise distances from Kacang Butor would require local transportation and cartographic data that are currently unavailable. Based on the interior, continental character of Kecamatan Badau, the area may be characterized by palm plantations or secondary tropical forest landscapes, but this is a claim that cannot be verified from concrete sources for this specific village.
Summary
Kacang Butor is a small Indonesian settlement belonging to Kecamatan Badau, forming part of Kabupaten Belitung, regarding which no independent, detailed statistical or tourism source materials are currently available. At the Kabupaten Belitung level, it is known that the regency has approximately 193,345 residents, with its administrative center at Tanjung Pandan, and that the province demonstrates a mixed economy built on the natural resources of Belitung Island, as well as mining and tourism activities. To understand the precise characteristics of Kacang Butor, current data obtained from local or regional Indonesian administrative sources would be necessary.
