Pembentukan Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti 2008 ( Suatu Tinjauan Historis)

Abstract

PEMBENTUKAN KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN MERANTI 2008 ( SUATU TINJAUAN HISTORIS) Di Susun Oleh Imam Gozali Marwoto Saiman Kamarudin Pendidikan Sejarah, FKIP – Universitas Riau Jl. Bina Widya KM 12,5 Pekanbaru Abstrak Meranti Islands Regency established by Law No. 12 Year 2009 and officially became Kabupaten on May 26, 2009. The formation of Meranti Islands Regency known as the formation of Ex Kewedanaan Selat Panjang covering Bantar, Belitung, Tanjung Samak. Actually the long history of Meranti island regency’s division was started since 1957. The objective of this study was to determine the developmental formation Meranti Islands Regency, before becoming regency until forming as a Meranti Islands Regency (2008). This study includes changes in the conditions of living, socio-cultural, economic, political and educational communities of Meranti Islands Regency. This study used a comparative study, as an effort to collect, actualize, and interpret the data and study it more clearly from some factors related with the condition, situation, and the phenomena which provided. The results of this study showed that the development of Meranti island regency, before becoming regency had reveal progress, in the field of socio-cultural, economic, political, and education but not evenly. Therefore the Meranti Islands Regency wanted to set the region (autonomy). After the meranti islands regency became regency, local government gave more attention in the development of facilities and infrastructure in their respective fields, as well as the Meranti Islands Regency’s social life.