What Is Indonesia? About This Country In Southeast Asia
INDONESIA – In this topic, we are about to learn and discuss things to know about the Southeast Asian country called Indonesia.
Known officially as the Republic of Indonesia, it is an archipelagic country in the Southeast region of Asia.
Its official language is Indonesia and is known locally as Republik Indonesia. It has about 700 regional languages which includes:
- Javanese
- Sundanese
- Madurese
- Palembang Malay
- Buginese
- Banjarese
It is, by far, the world’s largest island country with more than 17K islands, and a land mass of about 1.9 million square kilometers or 735K square miles.
Its capital city is Jakarta and it has a population of about 267 million people, making it the 4th most populous country.
The archipelago is between the two oceans: Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, and is bordered with the following areas:
- Papua New Guinea
- East Timor
- East part of Malaysia
The nation also has about 300 ethnic groups, which includes:
- Javanese
- Batak
- Betawi
- Minangkabau
- Buginese
- Madurese
Its government is a unitary presidential constitutional republic currently governed by Joko Widodo.
The name is derived from the Greek term Indos (Ἰνδός) which means Indian and nesos (νῆσος) which means “islands”, forming the name “Indian islands”.
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