Republic of Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago nation located in Southeast Asia, across the equator between Asia and Australia as well as between the Pacific and Indian oceans. Because it lies between two continents and two oceans, he is also known as Nusantara (Archipelago Between). Indonesia borders Malaysia on the island of Borneo, bordering Papua New Guinea island and is bordered by East Timor on the island of Timor.
The word "Indonesia" is derived from two Greek words, namely Indos meaning "India" and nesos which means "island". So the word means the islands of Indonesia India, or archipelago located in the region of India.
Indonesia has 17 504 islands big and small, around 6000 of them uninhabited, which spread around the equator, which gives a tropical weather. Indonesia is located at position 6 ° N - 11 ° 08'LS and from 97 ° '- 141 ° 45'BT and lies between the two continents of Asia and Australia / Oceania. Indonesia's territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian and Pacific oceans. When the waters between the islands combined, the Indonesia area to 1.9 million sq mi. The island is densely populated island of Java, where half the population of Indonesia lives. Indonesia consists of five major islands, namely Java, with an area of 132 107 km ², Sumatra with an area of 473 606 km ², Borneo with an area 539 460 km ², Sulawesi, with an area of 189 216 km ², and Papua with an area of 421.981 km ².
Location Indonesia is also located in the tectonic plates means Indonesia is frequently hit by earthquakes and tsunamis cause. Indonesia also has many volcanoes, one of the most famous is Mount Krakatau, situated between Sumatra and Java islands.
Indonesia's population can be divided broadly into two groups. In the western part of Indonesia, its people are mostly ethnic Malays while the east is the tribe of Papua, which has roots in the islands of Melanesia. Many of Indonesia's claim to be part of a more specific ethnic groups, divided by language and region of origin, such as Javanese, Sundanese or Batak.
There was also a minority population of immigrants who are ethnic Chinese, Indian, and Arabic. They have long come to the archipelago with the trade routes since the 8th century BC and settled into a part of the archipelago. In Indonesia there are about 3% ethnic Chinese population. This figure is different because it is only in the 1930s, the last time the government conducted a census to classify the people of Indonesia to the tribes and descendants.
Islam is a religion embraced by the majority of which approximately 85.2% of Indonesia, making Indonesia the country with largest Muslim population in the world. The rest are Protestants (8.9%), Catholic (3%), Hindu (1.8%), Buddhists (0.8%), and others (0.3%).
Most of Indonesia's population speak the local language as mother tongue, but the official language of Indonesia, the Indonesian language, taught in all schools in the country and controlled by almost the entire population of Indonesia.
(Quoted from www.budpar.go.id)
The word "Indonesia" is derived from two Greek words, namely Indos meaning "India" and nesos which means "island". So the word means the islands of Indonesia India, or archipelago located in the region of India.
Indonesia has 17 504 islands big and small, around 6000 of them uninhabited, which spread around the equator, which gives a tropical weather. Indonesia is located at position 6 ° N - 11 ° 08'LS and from 97 ° '- 141 ° 45'BT and lies between the two continents of Asia and Australia / Oceania. Indonesia's territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian and Pacific oceans. When the waters between the islands combined, the Indonesia area to 1.9 million sq mi. The island is densely populated island of Java, where half the population of Indonesia lives. Indonesia consists of five major islands, namely Java, with an area of 132 107 km ², Sumatra with an area of 473 606 km ², Borneo with an area 539 460 km ², Sulawesi, with an area of 189 216 km ², and Papua with an area of 421.981 km ².
Location Indonesia is also located in the tectonic plates means Indonesia is frequently hit by earthquakes and tsunamis cause. Indonesia also has many volcanoes, one of the most famous is Mount Krakatau, situated between Sumatra and Java islands.
Indonesia's population can be divided broadly into two groups. In the western part of Indonesia, its people are mostly ethnic Malays while the east is the tribe of Papua, which has roots in the islands of Melanesia. Many of Indonesia's claim to be part of a more specific ethnic groups, divided by language and region of origin, such as Javanese, Sundanese or Batak.
There was also a minority population of immigrants who are ethnic Chinese, Indian, and Arabic. They have long come to the archipelago with the trade routes since the 8th century BC and settled into a part of the archipelago. In Indonesia there are about 3% ethnic Chinese population. This figure is different because it is only in the 1930s, the last time the government conducted a census to classify the people of Indonesia to the tribes and descendants.
Islam is a religion embraced by the majority of which approximately 85.2% of Indonesia, making Indonesia the country with largest Muslim population in the world. The rest are Protestants (8.9%), Catholic (3%), Hindu (1.8%), Buddhists (0.8%), and others (0.3%).
Most of Indonesia's population speak the local language as mother tongue, but the official language of Indonesia, the Indonesian language, taught in all schools in the country and controlled by almost the entire population of Indonesia.
(Quoted from www.budpar.go.id)
