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  GEOGRAPHY OF INDONESIA : Encyclopedia Entry
Indonesia is situated in Southeast Asia, in the Malay Archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Oceans.
Indonesia is a huge archipelagic country extending 5,120 kilometers from east to west and 1,760 kilometers from north to south.
Indonesia also claimed as its territory all sea areas within a maritime belt of twelve nautical miles (22 km) of the outer perimeter of its islands.
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 Indonesia - Geography
The country of Indonesia is actually a group of islands.
Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is on the island of Java.
This island is one of the biggest in Indonesia.
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  1Up Travel : Indonesia Geography and Facts
Indonesia, the largest archipelago and the fifth most populous nation in the world, has a total of 17,508 islands, of which about 6,000 are inhabited.
Indonesia is a huge archipelagic country extending 5,120 kilometers from east to west and 1,760 kilometers from north to south.
Indonesia was encouraged to monitor pollution in its territorial waters and take legal action to prevent the destruction of its rain forests.
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  Geography of Indonesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indonesia is situated in Southeast Asia, in the Malay Archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Oceans.
Indonesia is a huge archipelagic country extending 5,120 kilometers from east to west and 1,760 kilometers from north to south.
Indonesia was encouraged to monitor pollution in its territorial waters and take legal action to prevent the destruction of its rain forests.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Indonesia   (2902 words)

  
 Indonesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indonesia's war for independence lasted from 1945 until 27 December 1949 when, under heavy international pressure, especially from the United States, which threatened to cut off Marshall Plan funds, the Netherlands acknowledged the independence of Indonesia as a Federation of autonomous states.
Indonesia's 18,108 islands, of which about 7,000 are inhabited, are scattered around the equator, giving the country a tropical climate.
Indonesia borders Malaysia on the island of Borneo (Indonesian: Kalimantan), Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea and East Timor on the island of Timor.
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 Wikinfo | Indonesia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The 'Republic of Indonesia is a large archipelago located between the South East Asian peninsula and Australia, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Indonesia borders Malaysia on the island of Borneo, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea and East Timor on the island of Timor.
Indonesia is also rich in volcanoes, the most famous being the now disappeared Krakatau (Krakatoa).
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 Indonesia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia consisting of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited) and straddling the equator.
In 1975, Indonesia invaded the former Portuguese half of the island of Timor; it seized the territory in 1976.
Indonesia's booming textile sector signals growth area for U.S. cotton.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Greater Sunda Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The group is politically split between Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Borneo (politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world.
Geography of Brunei Indonesia is an archipelago made of 18,108 islands, according to satellite images.
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 Indonesia (05/05)
Indonesia’s first elections in the post-Soeharto period were held for the national, provincial, and sub-provincial parliaments on June 7, 1999.
The embassy of Indonesia is at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 (tel.
Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population, though it is a secular state, and is a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2748.htm   (7314 words)

  
 Geography of Indonesia - about Geography_of_Indonesia - human edited encyclopedia
Indonesia is situated in Southeast Asia, in the Malay Archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Oceans.
Included in Indonesia's total territory is another 93,000 square kilometers of inlands seas (straits, bays, and other bodies of water).
One controversy concerned Indonesia's annexation (with blessing from the U.S. and Australia) of the former colony of Portuguese Timor as Timor Timur Province in 1976, an action which came under protest in the UN and among human rights activists.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tanimbar Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
This page is about the geography and history of the island group in Indonesia — for the political entities encompassing the islands, see Maluku (Indonesian province) and North Maluku.
The Aru Islands and Kai Islands lie to the northeast, and Babar Island and Timor lie to the west.
Category: Islands of Indonesia Indonesia is an archipelago made of 18,108 islands, according to satellite images.
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 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Islam in Indonesia
Geography, history and trade - those three factors have combined over the centuries to create a brand of Islam that is unique to Indonesia.
Indonesia's sheer size - it spans 5,000 kilometres - means there are significant variations within Islam from one part of the country to another.
But the Islam of Indonesia was also influenced by Sufi holy men - devout Muslim mystics renowned for the beauty of their music and poetry, and for internalising the focus of their spiritual odyssey rather than seeking to impose their faith on the external political realities around them.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/world/asia-pacific/2357121.stm   (1048 words)

  
 Indonesia General
Indonesia is a republic, the capital is Jakarta.
Indonesia is a mixed economy with many socialist institutions and central planning but with a recent emphasis on deregulation and private enterprise.
Indonesia has extensive natural wealth, yet, with a large and rapidly increasing population, it remains a poor country.
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 Geography of indonesia
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 Indonesia's Geography (Archipelago, Sumatra, Java/Madura, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya)
The climate and weather of Indonesia is characterized by two tropical seasons, which vary with the equatorial air circulation (the Walker circulation) and the meridian air circulation (the Hardley circulation).
Being in a tropical zone, Indonesia has an average relative humidity between 70% and 90%, with a minimum of 73% and a maximum of 87%.
When independence was proclaimed and sovereignty gained, Indonesia had to enact laws to govern the seas in accordance with the geographic structure of an archipelagic state.
www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/indonesia/pro-geography.htm   (1553 words)

  
 An Introduction to Indonesia
Unity in Diversity, the national motto of Indonesia, is a term that strikes deep into the heart of this dynamic and attractive Southeast Asian nation.
Indonesia is composed of seventeen thousand islands that stretch over five thousand miles along the equator.
There are two discernible seasons in Indonesia: the dry season, which extends from June to October, and the rainy season, which lasts from November to March.
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 Indonesia Information
Indonesia is an archipelago of 13,500 islands located in south-east Asia between Malaysia and Australia.
Indonesia is a mixed economy with many socialist institutions and central planning but with a recent emphasis on deregulation and private enterprise.
Indonesia has extensive natural wealth, yet, with a large and rapidly increasing population, it remains a poor country.
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 Educational Geography Information -- Indonesia
The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945.
Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony.
Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, faces economic development problems stemming from recent acts of terrorism, unequal resource distribution among regions, endemic corruption, the lack of reliable legal recourse in contract disputes, weaknesses in the banking system, and a generally poor climate for foreign investment.
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 Indonesia - Society and Geography
INDONESIA'S SOCIAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT is one of the most complex and varied in the world.
Used in government, schools, print and electronic media, and in multiethnic cities, this Malay-derived language is both an important unifying symbol and a vehicle of national integration.
Describing Indonesia's cultural and regional variety, American anthropologist Hildred Geertz in 1960 divided the population into three types: wet rice growing (padi) peasants of Java, Bali, and parts of southern Sumatra; coastal Islamic traders in the harbor regions of Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi; and isolated inland swidden farmers throughout the archipelago.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Indonesia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the December 2004 tsunami, which particularly affected Aceh province causing over 100,000 deaths and over $4 billion in damage.
Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, has struggled to overcome the Asian financial crisis, and still grapples with high unemployment, a fragile banking sector, endemic corruption, inadequate infrastructure, a poor investment climate, and unequal resource distribution among regions.
Indonesia experienced several human cases of avian influenza in late 2005, sparking concerns of a pandemic.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html   (1396 words)

  
 Excite UK - Travel - Southeast Asia - Indonesia - General
Indonesia lies between the mainland of South-East Asia and Australia in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Indonesia is made up of five main islands – Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Kalimantan (part of the island of Borneo) and Irian Jaya (the western half of New Guinea) – and 30 smaller archipelagos.
In total, the Indonesian archipelago consists of about 17,500 islands; 6000 of these are inhabited and stretch over 4828km (3000 miles), most lying in a volcanic belt with more than 300 volcanoes, the great majority of which are extinct.
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 Geography (from Indonesia) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Geography describes and analyzes the spatial variations in physical, biological, and human phenomena that occur on the surface of the globe and treats their interrelationships and their significant regional patterns.
The largest country in Southeast Asia, both in area and population, is the Republic of Indonesia.
Because of its large size, the geography of Canada is widely varied.
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 GEOGRAPHY Zack's Indonesia Bali Travel pages - Indonesia-Bali.com | all Information about bali, bali island geography, ...
Every aspect of Bali's geography and ecology is influenced by the towering range of volcanic peaks that dominate the island.
In other parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, flood waters following heavy rains can be collected behind dams, but the steep, narrow valleys of Bali offer no good dam sites.
Bali may be small, but its physical geography is complex, creating an island of great contrasts.
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 Geography of Indonesia Category - Karr.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
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 University of Portsmouth | Geography
1990 University of Hull BA Hons in Geography 2i
In Indonesia, my research has been directed towards aiding the sustainable usage of coral reef and rainforest resources by local communities in and around national parks in southeast Sulawesi.
This has generated publications and conference presentations examining the potential for local communities to collaborate in resource management activities and the institutional and socio-cultural constraints which govern the extent of this participation.
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 Geography Of Indonesia
Indonesia is located in the transitional zone between two of the world’s major faunal communities, the Asian and the Australian.
The flag of Indonesia has two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white (bottom) similar to the flag of Monaco, which is shorter; also similar to the flag of Poland, which is white (top) and red (bottom).
Indonesia is a rapidly industrializing country with a mixed economy in which the state plays an important role.
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 Indonesia - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
It is bound by Malaysia and the South China Sea to the northwest, Papua New Guinea to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the northeast and the Indian Ocean to the southwest.
In 1965 a revolt by army officers thought to be part of a communist plot was countered by Gen. Suharto, commander of the army's Strategic Reserve and by the close of the year as many as 500,000 alleged communist sympathizers were killed in violent clashes.
Also during the year, foreign relations with The Netherlands and Portugal soured over Indonesia's human rights violations with The Netherlands getting the World Bank to form a new group of aid donors, formerly headed by it, while Portugal blocked a proposed economic pact between the EU and ASEAN, of which Indonesia is a member.
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 Instant Indonesia: Geography of Indonesia
Indonesia is located across the equator and stretch from Sumatra in the west to Irian Jaya in the east, or from Sabang to Merauke (Dari Sabang ke Merauke).
The number of islands in the Indonesian archipelago is disputed, but a commonly cited figure is 13 667, of which about 6000 are inhabited.
The archipelago is divided into the Greater Sunda islands, the Smaller Sunda islands and East Indonesia, roughly.
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