Muntok

Muntok (Chinese: 文岛) or, more commonly, Mentok is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung on the island of Sumatra.

Mentok was founded at 1732 by Encek Wan Akub as order of Sultan Palembang Darussalam Sri Susuhan Mahmud Badaruddin I, beginning as a small village consisting of 7 wooden houses for the royal family of Encek Wan Abdul Jabbar, father-in-law of sultan Badaruddin I of Palembang Darussalam who was married his daughter Zamnah for his 2nd wife from Siantan Natuna.

Encek Wan Akub discovered a large amount of[tin ore at Ulim river, south Bangka Island on a voyage of discovery with his secret task force and reported it to sultan Badaruddin I of Palembang Darussalam.

From that time Muntok become an exporter of tin ingots and was filled by merchant ships from many countries including the Dutch East India Company.

In 1913 the Dutch Indies Government moved the capital of the Bangka-Belitung Residency from Mentok to Pangkal Pinang.

Kongfuk Temple and Jami Mosque, two icons of Muntok.
Heirloom Kain Limar (1750–1825, from Bangka, probably Muntok