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Republic of Indonesia |
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| GEOGRAPHY | Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean | |
| AREA | 1,919,440 sq km / 741,096 sq miles | |
| COMPARATIVE | larger than the state of Texas | |
| POPULATION | 234,893,453 | |
| CAPITAL | Jakarta (population 9.3 million) | |
| LITERACY | 98% (age 15+ and can read and write) | |
| LANGUAGE |
Official: Indonesian - Known as Bahasa Indonesian. There are another 365 dialects spoken. Other: Sundanese, Javanese, and English |
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| RELIGION |
Muslim - 88% Christian - 8% Hindu - 2% |
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| POLITICS | federal republic | |
| INCOME | Per capita income US$ 1,140 per year | |
| CURRENCY | Rupiah (Rp) | |
| TIME ZONE | GMT/UTC +7, +8, and +9 | |
| SOURCES | Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News. |
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Country Profile
Portals
- Belindo.com - a portal for travel, geography, culture, and nature, including recipes and latest news around Indonesia
news around Indonesia. - Indocenter
News: Country-Specific
News: Asia General
- Channel News Asia (all Asia)
- World News Asia (all Asia)
Travel
- Tourism Board - The official website of The Ministry of Culture and Tourism; and Indonesia Culture and Tourism Board... providing guidance and promotion media to Indonesian culture and tourism.
- Lonely Planet/Indonesia
- U.S. State Department Travel/Indonesia consular page
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