Geography Of Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia known as RI or Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia, is located on the Equator and between Asia and Australia as well as between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Due to its location between two continents and two oceans, he is also known as Nusantara (Archipelago Between). Comprising 17,508 Islands, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago nation.

With a population of 222 million in 2006, Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world and the biggest Muslim country in the world, although officially it is not an Islamic State. Indonesia is a Republic form of Government, with the House of representatives and the President is directly elected. The nation's capital is Jakarta. Indonesia shares land borders with Malaysia on the island of Borneo, with Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea and East Timor on the island of Timor. Other neighboring countries are Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.


History of Indonesia heavily influenced by other Nations. Islands of Indonesia became an important trade region since at least since the 7th century, when Srivijaya religious and trade relations with China and India. The kingdoms of Hinduism and Buddhism have been growing in the early centuries CE, followed the traders brought Islam, as well as various European powers fought each other to monopolize the trade in spices of Maluku during the era of ocean exploration. After approximately 350 years of colonial rule Netherlands, Indonesia declared its independence at the end of World War II. Later Indonesia got the challenges of natural disasters, corruption, separatism, the process of democratization and a period of rapid economic change.



From Sabang to Merauke, Indonesia consists of various ethnic, language and religion are different. The Javanese are the largest ethnic group and politically dominant. Indonesia's national motto, "Bhinneka tunggal ika" ("Different but still one"), means the diversity that make up the country. In addition to having a large population and densely populated areas of Indonesia have natural area, which supports the level of the second largest biodiversity in the world.

The capital city                        : Jakarta

(and the largest city)                     

The official language of          : Indonesia Language

Government                            : presidential Republic

– President                              : Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

-Vice President                       : Boediono

Independence

-Proclaimed                             : August 17, 1945

-Recognized (as RIS),             : December 27, 1949

-Back to RI,                            : August 17, 1950

Area

-Total,                                      : 569 1,904 km2 (15)

  1 sq mi

-Water (%)                              : 4.80%

Residents

- June 19, 2009 estimates        : 230.472.833 [1] (4)

- the 2000 census was             : 206.264.595-

-Density of                              : 134/km2 (84)

   347/sq mi

GDP (KKB)                            : 2007 estimate

-A Total of                              : US $ 1.038 billion [2] (15)

-Per capita of                           : US $ 4.356 [3] (114)

GDP (nominal)                        : 2007 estimate

-A Total of                              : US $ 408 billion [2]

-Per capita is                            : US $ 1,812 [3]

HDI (2004)                             : 0,711 (medium) (108)

Currency,                                : Rupiah (Rp) (INR)

The time zone of                     : WIT, PM, CDT (UTC + 7, + 8, + 9)

Driving                                    : on the left

TLD.                                       : .id

Phone code                             : 62

Source: National Portal