INDONESIA

Location

A Located in South-east Asia Indonesia is a group of13,667 islands off the coast of mainland. Only about 6,000 islands are inhabited. Main islands or parts of islands are Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi (Celebes), Maluku (Moluccas), Kalimantan (Borneo) and Irian Jaya (west Iran). In Borneo there is a border to the north with Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), in New Guinea a border to the east with Papua New Guinea and in Timor a border to the east with East Timor.

Capital

Jakarta

Language

Bahasa Indonesia (official),
Dutch,
English and more than 583 regional languages.

Monetary Unit

Rupiah

Largest Cities

Jakarta,
Surabaya,
Bandung,
Medan,
Semarang

Principal rivers

Kapuas,
Digual,
Barito

Places to Visit

Jakarta,
Surabaya,
Bandung,
Semarang

Air Ports

Bandung International Air Port
Jakarta International Airport.