Republic of Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world. Indonesia lies between 6 degrees north latitude and 11 degrees south latitude, and from 97 degrees to 141 degrees east longitude and located between two continents, Asia and Australia / Oceania. This strategic position has a significant influence on the cultural, social, political, and economic.
Indonesian territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean consisting of 17,508 islands, of which there are 5 major islands. When the waters between the islands combined, the area of Indonesia menjadi1.9 million square miles,
Five major islands in Indonesia is the island of Sumatra which has an area of 473,606 square kilometers, the island of Java with an area of 132,107 square kilometers, the island of Borneo (the third largest island in the world) with an area of 539.460 square km, Sulawesi island with an area of 189,216 square kilometers, and New Guinea with an area of 421.981 square km.
Indonesia is divided into 33 provinces (including Special Region 2 (DI) and a Special Capital Region (DKI). Province is Aceh and Yogyakarta Special Region and the capital is Jakarta Special Capital Region. Name of other provinces such as Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Riau, Kepulauan Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra. Lampung, Bangka Belitung Islands on the island of Sumatra. Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java in Java. Kalimantan Barat , Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan on Borneo island. Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara. West Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Gorontalo on Sulawesi island. Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua , and Papua on the island of Papua
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Indonesian population roughly divided into two tribes kelompokyaitu Malays residing in the western part of Indonesia and Papua tribes residing in the eastern part of Indonesia, which has its roots in the islands of Melanesia. Of the two tribes, the Indonesian population is divided again into groups of more specific interest, which is divided by language and region of origin, such as Javanese, Sundanese, or Batak.
There was also a number of new settlers are ethnic minority Indonesians, Indians, and Arabs. They have long come to the archipelago with trade routes since the 8th century BC and settled into a part of the archipelago.
Religion embraced by the majority of which approximately 85.2% of the population of Indonesia is Islam, making Indonesia the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. While other residents of Indonesia who embraced Protestantism (8.9%); Catholic (3%); Hindu (1.8%); Buddhist (0.8%); and others (0.3%).
Most Indonesian people speak by using local languages as a native language, but language which is used as the official national language is Indonesian.
Indonesian territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean consisting of 17,508 islands, of which there are 5 major islands. When the waters between the islands combined, the area of Indonesia menjadi1.9 million square miles,
Five major islands in Indonesia is the island of Sumatra which has an area of 473,606 square kilometers, the island of Java with an area of 132,107 square kilometers, the island of Borneo (the third largest island in the world) with an area of 539.460 square km, Sulawesi island with an area of 189,216 square kilometers, and New Guinea with an area of 421.981 square km.
Indonesia is divided into 33 provinces (including Special Region 2 (DI) and a Special Capital Region (DKI). Province is Aceh and Yogyakarta Special Region and the capital is Jakarta Special Capital Region. Name of other provinces such as Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Riau, Kepulauan Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra. Lampung, Bangka Belitung Islands on the island of Sumatra. Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java in Java. Kalimantan Barat , Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan on Borneo island. Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara. West Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Gorontalo on Sulawesi island. Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua , and Papua on the island of Papua
. Indonesian population roughly divided into two tribes kelompokyaitu Malays residing in the western part of Indonesia and Papua tribes residing in the eastern part of Indonesia, which has its roots in the islands of Melanesia. Of the two tribes, the Indonesian population is divided again into groups of more specific interest, which is divided by language and region of origin, such as Javanese, Sundanese, or Batak.
There was also a number of new settlers are ethnic minority Indonesians, Indians, and Arabs. They have long come to the archipelago with trade routes since the 8th century BC and settled into a part of the archipelago.
Religion embraced by the majority of which approximately 85.2% of the population of Indonesia is Islam, making Indonesia the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. While other residents of Indonesia who embraced Protestantism (8.9%); Catholic (3%); Hindu (1.8%); Buddhist (0.8%); and others (0.3%).
Most Indonesian people speak by using local languages as a native language, but language which is used as the official national language is Indonesian.
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