Mentawai Archipelago is one of  the region districts in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. It is covered about 6011.35 KM square, lies about 150 KM on Sumatra coast-across of  Mentawai strait, and has been a region district in 1999, which is Tuapejat as the capital city. Mentawai Archipelago region district have four sub districts; which are:
1. The Northern South Pagai sub district,
2. The Sipora sub district,
3. The South Siberut sub district, and
4. The North Siberut sub district.

There are four major island in Mentawai Archipelago region district, which are Siberut Island (the largest one, about 4,030 KM square); Sipura Island where the Mentawai region district capital, TUAPEJAT, is locate; North Pagai Island; and South Pagai Island. On Siberut Island there has a protected tropical rain forest, it called Siberut National Park. There are five endemic primates on Mentawai Archipelago; kloss gibbon/ Hylobates klossii, mentawai macaque/ Macaca pagensis, siberut macaque/ Macaca siberu, Mentawai leaf monkey/ Presbytis pontenziani, and snub nosed monkey/ Simias concolor.

The people who live on Mentawai Archipelago known as mentawai people. For living mostly they are become a fishermen and  farmers. At this present time mentawai is the destination for surfing, and become a tourism indusrty on this region district. /r.j

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