| Sulawesi. Foremerly known as the celebes, Area 227.000 km2, The size of great britain. Population: 13 Million. Economy: Agricultural. Ethnic: Over 35. The Toraja is in the south are known for their traditional house and spectaculaire funeral. |
| Kalimantan/Borneo. Area 549.032 km2 Population 9 million. Ethnic group: Malays, Chinesse & bugis in the coastal cities. Dayaknese in the interior |
| Moluccas/Maluku.Wellknown as Spice isles. Area: 85.782 km2. Population: 1,9 million. Economy: Subsitence agriculture and fishing, once the world's sole supplier of cloves,Nutmeg,mace. Ethnic group" over 50 |
| Sumatra: Fifth largest island, size of california. Area: 481.780 km2. Population: 38 Million. Economy: Based on oil, natural gaz, rubber, palm oil & Tobacco. Ethnic group: over 15 including strongly acehnese and bataks and matriarchal minangkabau. |
| Irian jaya. The western half of new guinea. world's second largest island. Area 419.660 km2 The size of Spain, comprising 21 % of indonesia's land mass. Population: 1,6 Million. Economy: Vast reserves of oil, copper and gold.Ethnic group: over 100 The highest mountain in indonesia is Jayawijaya with the altitude more than 5.000 metre from the sea level |
| Java.9 million inhabitants. The nation's political, administration and economic centre. Area: 130.398 km2 the size of england. Population: 115 million. Economy: wet rice agriculture and manufacturing. ethnic gorup: javanese, maduranese sundanese. |
| Lesser Sundas. The chain arching east from Bali to timor including five major and dozen smaller islands. Land area: 82.741 km2. Population: 7 million. Economy: Agriculture and tourism. |
| Bali. The island of the God for its deities and bali hindu religious festival. Area 5.532 km2. The size of Hawaii. Economy Tourism and agriculture. Bali is the best known island in indonesia. |
| Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the whole of the world. It has 17.667 islands with the 5 big islands like Sumatra, Borneo/kalimantan, Irian jaya, Sulawesi/celebes, Java. It has 26 province with the president Megawati soekarno putri ( The daughter of the first president Soekarno ). Indonesia has more than 300 ethnic and more than 250 local language. It has a very rich culture from one ethnic to another ethnic. Indonesia is like a rainbow in the middle of the world |
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