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Geography Location:
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean Geographic
coordinates: 5 00 S, 120 00 E Map
references: Southeast Asia Area:
total: 1,919,440 sq km ; land: 1,826,440 sq km ; water: 93,000 sq km Climate:
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Natural
resources: petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper,
fertile soils, coal, gold, silver Natural
hazards: occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes,
volcanoes Environment
(current issues): deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes,
sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires Geography (note): archipelago of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles Equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean.
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People Population:
216,108,345 (July 1999 est.) Population
growth rate: 1.46% (1999 est.) Birth
rate: 22.78 births/1,000 population (1999 est.) Death
rate: 8.14 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) Net
migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) Sex
ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female | under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
| 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female | 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female | total
population: 1 male(s)/female (1999 est.) Infant
mortality rate: 57.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.) Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 62.92 years| male: 60.67 years|
female: 65.29 years (1999 est.) Total
fertility rate: 2.57 children born/woman (1999 est.) Ethnic
groups: Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%,
other 26% Religions:
Muslim 95%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1%
(1998) Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese
Government Country
name: conventional long form: Republic of Indonesia | conventional short
form: Indonesia | local long form: Republik Indonesia | local short form:
Indonesia | former: Netherlands East Indies; Dutch East Indies Data
code: ID Government
type: republic Capital:
Jakarta Independence:
17 August 1945 (proclaimed independence; on 27 December 1949, Indonesia became
legally independent from the Netherlands) Suffrage:
17 years of age; universal and married persons regardless of age Flag
description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar
to the flag of Monaco, which is shorter; also similar to the flag of Poland,
which is white (top) and red
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