Monday, April 6, 2009

MY INDONESIA

Nowadays it seem that many indonesia lose their pride about their nation but actually they didn't realize that their country it's magnificent. I'd like to try some fact to show that this nation has PRIDE.

1. Indonesia comprises of around 17,508 islands that extend 5,150 kms all across, right from the east to the west. That makes Indonesia is also known as one of the worlds largest archipelagic state.

2. Of the ten largest islands in the world, three are located in Indonesia that is sumatera, borneo and papua

3. Indonesia has the variety of ethnic groups is unparalled anywhere else in the world(316 ethnic groups, 580 languages and dialects).

4. Indonesia has the fifth largest population in the world(+-234 million) which equals the combined population of all other South East Asian countries.

5.
Indonesia has a total size of 5million km2. One million more than the USA, although only 2 million km2 are land.

6. Indonesia is home to Komodo dragon (varanus komodoensis), the largest lizard in the world, javan rhinoceros and sumatran tigers

7. Indonesia is also known as the largest Islamic country. Around 87 percent of the population consists of Muslims.

8. Indonesia spreads over "Ring of Fire", situated in Western Pacific. It has over 400 active volcanoes and bears over 3 earthquakes per day

9. Java Island of Indonesia is one of the initial places in the world where ape-man lived. Even the skull of an ape-man was found buried in ice there.

10. ‘The Sangiran Early Man Site’, situated in Indonesia, has the status of a World Heritage Site and has served as home to around half of the world's hominid fossils.

11. Indonesia has the bigges budhist temple in the world that is 'Borobudur'.

12. Indonesia with its abundant green cover is also home to many interesting flora and fauna.

13. Indonesia rich of natural resources like oil, mineral and forest.

14. Indonesia has Bali. This beautiful place attracts tourists and nature lovers from all over the world due to its scenic beauty. Tourists have plenty to explore out here. Some of the other attractions remain to be the cultural activities of art and dance along with exquisite leatherwork and foot tapping music.

15. Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia remains to be the 11th largest city in the world and is also densely populated. This city itself has a wide variety of places of interest for tourists that flock over here from all over the world.












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