Economics
Pangkal Pinang is one of the major ports on the Karimata Strait. It produces tin, white pepper, fish, copra, marine vessel.
The town has an airport with 2.350 m length and 16 times of Boeing 737 flight from Jakarta and Palembang. Pangkal Pinang is connected by paved asphalt roads with other towns on the island.
There is important household manufacturing weaving, plating, metal-work, carving and basket making.
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