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A quick Introduction to IndonesiaIndonesians refer to their homeland as Tanah Air Kita, which means "Our Land and Water." This refers to its geographical makeup consisting of 17,508 islands with a total land mass of 1.91 million square kilometers connected by six seas covering more than 3 million square kilometers. Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world extending some 2,000 kilometers from North to South and more than 5,000 kilometers from East to West. The archipelago stretches over more than one-tenth of the Equator between Southeast Asia and Australia.
The largest islands are the Kalimantan provinces on Borneo, Sumatra, Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Sulawesi and Java (where Jakarta is located). Nearly 60 percent of
Indonesia's land is forested and a significant portion is mountainous
and volcanic. Some mountains on Sumatra and Papua (Irian Jaya) exceed
3,000 meters in height. Mt. Merapi, near Yogyakarta, is regarded
as the most volatile of Indonesia's 500 volcanoes, 129 of which
are still active. Java alone has 112 volcanoes. Centuries of volcanic
activity has led to high degree of soil fertility on Java and Bali,
which accounts in part for the high concentration of agriculture
and people on these two islands. Largest Cities Jakarta, with a population of over 9.5 million, Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surakarta (Solo), Medan, Padang, Palembang, Ujung Pandang, Banjarmasin, Bandar Lampung and Manado. Climate Mostly equatorial. Temperatures range between 16-35 degrees Celsius (61-91 degrees F) with humidity ranging from 60-90 percent. There are two seasons, the rainy monsoon season which usually lasts from November through May, followed by the dry season which usually lasts from June through October. Rainfall varies throughout Indonesia, averaging 706 mm (28 inches) yearly. |
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