Facts about Indonesian Archipelago

Indonesia is one of the largest nation in the world, wanna know more ? find out here !

A Relief of Patih Gajah Mada and his Majapahit Army

Republic of Indonesia is the first nation liberated in the aftermath of World War II and its the 70th oldest nation in the world. Indonesia is the only and the first nation that resigned form the United Nations (7th January 1965) and rejoined 1966. Indonesia Is the most winner of Thomas Cup Championship. The word “Indonesia” was first used by the British in the mid-19th century. The word comes from the Greek word nesos, which means ‘island’, and the Latin name Indus which means land beyond the Indus river. Dutch colonists preferred to call Indonesia the Dutch East Indies or the Malayan Archipelago and so the name was adopted by the anti-colonial movement in the early 20th century.

Indonesia was a regional superpower before it was colonized by the Dutch. The Sri Vijaya and Majapahit Empires spanned the entire Indonesian archipelago, even including the present-day Malaysia and even the southern islands of the Philippines and Singapore.

The Asmat tribe from Papua

Indonesian Republic are the largest archipelago country with 17.504 islands (Including 9.634 Unnamed islands and 6.000 occupied islands). Three of the largest islands in the world possessed by Indonesia (Kalimantan/Borneo - third largest 539.460 square kilometers wide, Sumatra 473.606 square kilometers and Papua/Irian 421.981 kilometers square). Indonesia are also the largest maritime country in the world (93.000 square kilometers wide waters and 81.000 kilometers coastline or 25% of global coastline). 60% of Indonesian citizen liven in the java island that only includes 7% of Indonesian region, making it the world most dense island. Indonesia are also the nation with the most tribes, there are more than 740 tribe / ethnic in indonesia (at least 270 in papua). There are also 583 dialect and more than 67 mother native language. The National laguage is Indonesian. 88% or 216.000.000 occupants of Indonesia are Muslims, Making it the largest Islam nation in the world. Indonesia is strict when it comes to…religion. The government only recognizes six religions – Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Confucianism – and every citizen must officially subscribe to one of those religions, regardless of what he or she may actually believe. Two individuals with different religions are not allowed to marry, unless one of them converts.

Borobudur's Stupa

The Largest Buddha Temple (or Candi in Indonesian) could be found in Indonesia, The name is Borobudur, built by the Syailendra dynasty more than a thousand years ago. The ancient humanoid Pithecanthropus erectus from 1.8 million years ago was found in Indonesia. Indonesia is the largest LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) supplier in the world (20% of world consumption). Indonesia has the largest stock of it reaching 202.000.000.000.000 feet cubic in Natuna Block. Indonesia also has the largest tropical forest in the world (39.549.447 hectare!), Indonesia also the main agriculture supplier of cloves and nutmeg, the second largest for Natural Rubber and Crude palm oil. 80% of World Plywood comes from Indonesia. 18% of world coral reef belong to this nation. Indonesia exports 3,000 tons of frogs’ legs to France each year. Bet you didn’t know that. 

Varanus komodoensis

The greatest Biodiversity of Orchids comes from Indonesia, The largest amount of mangrove forest also from indonesia. There are also an ancient lizard called the Komodo Dragon thet is the largest reptile in the world. The Largest a meter long flower (Rafflesia arnoldii) grows in the forest of Bengkulu, The smallest primate (Tarsius Pumillus) inhabit the island of Sulawesi. The 8 milimeters translucent smallest fish in the world could be found in the waters of sumatra, Speaking of volcanoes, Indonesia is home to the world’s largest volcanic lake. Lake Toba is situated in Sumatra is the site of a massive super-volcanic eruption that is estimated to have occurred around 69,000 to 77,000 years ago. It marks the largest known explosive eruption on Earth in the last 25 million years. A new island has formed in the center of Lake Toba, called Pulau Samosir. It now serves as the cultural center of the Batak tribe – former headhunters who are now mostly Christian.

Kimilsungia

The official national flower of North Korea the "Kimilsungia" comes from Indonesia and named by Indonesian proclamator and first president Soekarno. US President Barrack Husein Obama once lived in Menteng, a district from Jakarta, Indonesia, Indonesian Third President Habibie, has 46 patents on Aeronautic, The largest instant noodle manufrator comes form Indonesia, the name is Indofood. NATO Army camouflage anti bullet uniform was produced by Sritex from middle java. The Bung Karno Stadium was the second largest stadium in the world. 

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