Indonesia abbreviated to RI or Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia, which is crossed by the equator and located between Asia and Australia as well as between the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic nation consisting of 17,508 islands, therefore he is also known as Nusantara (Archipelago Between). With a population of 222 million souls in 2006, Indonesia is
the fourth most populous country in the world and the largest Muslim populated country in the world, although not officially an Islamic state. Indonesia is a republic, with the House of Representatives, Regional Representative Council and the President is elected directly. Indonesia borders Malaysia on the island of Borneo, and Papua New Guinea on New Guinea and East Timor on the island of Timor. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. History of Indonesia is heavily influenced by other nations. Islands Indonesia became an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when the Srivijaya kingdom in Palembang religion and trade relations with China and India. Hindu kingdoms and Buddhism has been growing in the early centuries AD, followed by the traders who brought Islam, and various European powers fought one another to monopolize the spice trade in the Moluccas during the era of ocean exploration. Once under Dutch colonial rule, Indonesia which was then called the Dutch East Indies declared its independence at the end of World War II. Furthermore, Indonesia received various obstacles, threats and challenges of natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratization process and the period of rapid economic change. From Sabang to Merauke, Indonesia consists of various ethnic, linguistic and religious groups. The Javanese are the largest ethnic group and most politically dominant. Indonesia's national motto, "Unity in Diversity" ("Diversity remains one"), articulates the diversity that shapes the country. Besides having a dense population and vast territory, Indonesia has a natural area that supports the second largest biodiversity in the world. Indonesia currently consists of 33 provinces, five of whom have a different status. Province is divided into 399 districts and 98 cities are subdivided into districts and again into sub-districts, villages, village, village, villages, Pekon, or other terms that accommodated by the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 32 Year 2004 regarding Regional Government. Each province has its own parliament and provincial governors, while the district has a district legislature and regents; then the town has a local parliament and mayor of the City, all directly elected by the people through elections and local elections. However there is no parliament in Jakarta district or city, because the District Administration and the City Administration in Jakarta is not an autonomous region. Province of Aceh, Yogyakarta Special Region, West Papua, and Papua has the privilege of the larger legislature and a higher degree of autonomy than other provinces. For example, Aceh has the right to form its own legal system; in 2003, began to establish Sharia law in Aceh. Get the status of Yogyakarta Special Region in recognition of the vital role in supporting Indonesia Yogyakarta during the Revolution. Province of Papua, formerly called Irian Jaya, got a special autonomy status in 2001. Jakarta, is a special area of the country's capital. Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia that has 17,504 large and small islands, about 6,000 of them are uninhabited, which spread around the equator, which gives tropical weather. The position of Indonesia is located at coordinates 6 ° N - 11 ° and 95 ° 08'LS 'BB - 141 ° 45'BT and lies between two continents, the continents of Asia and Australia / Oceania. Indonesia's territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Indonesia's land area is 1,922,570 km ² and 3,257,483 km ² in area waters. The island is densely populated island of Java, where half the population of Indonesia live. Indonesia consists of five major islands, namely: Java with an area of 132,107 km ², Sumatera with an area of 473,606 km ², Borneo with an area of 539,460 km ², Sulawesi, with an area of 189,216 km ², and Papua with an area of 421.981 km ². Indonesia borders of the islands measured by using the territorial sea: 12 nautical miles and an exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles, the direction of the wind directions
Indonesia region
Aceh Darussalam /Aceh Darussalam
Sumatera Barat / West Sumatra
Sumatera Utara /North Sumatra
Riau / Riau
Jambi / Edinburgh
Sumatera Selatan / South Sumatra
Bengkulu / Bengkulu
Lampung / Lampung
Bangka Belitung / Pacific Islands
Banten / Bantam
Jakarta / Jakarta
Jawa Barat / West Java
Jawa Tengah / Central Java
Yogyakarta / Yogyakarta
Jawa Timur / East Java
Bali / Bali
Nusa Tenggara Barat / West Nusa Tenggara
Nusa Tenggara Timur / East Nusa Tenggara
Kalimantan Barat / West Kalimantan
Kalimantan Tengah / Central Kalimantan
Kalimantan Timur / East Kalimantan
Kalimantan Selatan / South Kalimantan
Sulawesi Selatan / South Sulawesi
Sulawesi Barat / West Sulawesi
Sulawesi Tenggara / Southeast Sulawesi
Sulawesi Utara / North Sulawesi
Sulawesi Tengah / Central Sulawesi
Gorontalo / Gorontalo
Maluku Utara / North Maluku
Maluku / Moluccas
Papua Barat / West Papua
Papua / Papuan
