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The Gem of the Equator
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago, consisting of more than 17,000 islands. Spread across 5,120 km of ocean and positioned between Asia and Australia, this country is as wide as the European continent. Four-fifths of the area is the sea, with the major islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua.
Unity in Diversity
As the world's 14th largest nation, Indonesia's population totals over 200 million, comprising 250-300 ethnic groups that have their own language and dialects but are united with Bahasa Indonesia, the national language spoken throughout the archipelago.
The majority of Indonesians are Islam, with Christians, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists and followers of Confusianism making up the rest. Since 2001 the Chinese culture has experienced a welcome revival that served to enrich the country's cultural diversity.
The Nature
Indonesia's flora and fauna is diversely rich as its land and people. Asian mammals in the west, Australian marsupial species and birds in the east and the endemic species are in the middle of the archipelago.
Orangutans, tigers, one-horned rhinos, leephants, dugongs, anoas, komodo dragons are the pride of Indonesia. The seas around the archipelago also hold the country's treasures, a rich marine environment that holds a myriad of species, including fish, corals and marine mammals. National parks around the archipelago serve to preserve this rich natural heritage.
Read more about the different islands:
Bali
A friendly and remarkably artistic people, the Balinese have created a dynamic society with unique arts and ceremonies, making Bali synonymous worldwide as the perfect tropical paradise.
Java
Inhabited by 110 million people, about 60% of Indonesia's total population, Java is the most populated island of Indonesia. Harboring the country’s capital city it is the natural gateway to the Indonesian archipelago.
Kalimantan (Borneo)
Kalimantan, being one of the main islands of the Indonesian archipelago, comprises roughly the southern three-quarters of the equatorial island of Borneo – the third-largest island in the world after Greenland and New Guinea.
Lombok
Lombok is noticeably different to its close neighbor, Bali. The northern part of the island is mountainous and lush with tall trees and shrubs. The south, on the other hand is arid and covered by savannas.
Sulawesi
Like the petals of a windblown orchid, the unruly peninsulas of Sulawesi reach out into the Celebes, Maluku, Banda and Flores Seas. Sulawesi presents an extraordinary landscape with misty mountains, tropical jungle, and dazzling coral reefs.
Sumatra
The fifth largest island in the world, Sumatra has an incredibly diverse range of peoples and cultures. Sumatra is without any possible doubt the original "Jungle Book".
West Papua
Papua is a land of contrasts, with some of the most impenetrable jungles in the world and snowcapped mountain peaks towering over glacial lakes. It is Indonesia's largest and easternmost province and covers half of the world’s second largest island.
