Thursday, September 25, 2014

Indonesia

Hai fellas. Cause I live in Indonesia I want to talk about Indonesia now. You won't call it respect if you leave your countries history behind, wound't you ? Now here is my interesting facts about Indonesia.

  • The country of Indonesia is ethnically diverse, with around 300 distinctive native ethnic groups and over 740 different languages and dialects spoken in the country.
  • Indonesia is the world's biggest muslim nation with over 88.2% of Indonesia's total population
  • Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with 17.508 islands, of which about 6.000 were inhabited
  • Indonesia has approximately 250 million people living in it ( 251.160.124 ) as of July 2013. 
  • Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous nation
  • Indonesia's largest city is Jakarta, also it's capital city, on the island of Java. It has a population of almost 14 million people making it the world's ninth largest city
  • The island of Java is home to 60% of Indonesia's total inhabitant ( around 130 million people ) making it the world's most populous island
  • The highest point in Indonesia is the peak of Puncak Jaya at the island of Papua sitting at 4.884 meters ( 16.024 ) above sea level  
  • The Borobudur Temple is the world's largest Buddhist temple and was earlier the Seven Wonders of the World
  • Indonesia is part of the 'Ring of Fire', the volcano group and about 75% of the total Ring of Fire volcanoes is in Indonesia
  • Indonesia is so expansive in its area covered that it has three time zones
  • Indonesia is home to thousands of flora and fauna, making it the country with second highest level of biodiversity in the world ( Brazil is #1 )
  • Indonesia is home to 12.7% of the world's Muslim population
  • Jakarta has the world's worst traffic jam known to man
  • Indonesia is the fourth most visited country in the world

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