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Indonesia

Indonesia is the largest archipelago and
the fourth most populous country in the
world. Consisting of five main islands (Sumatra,
Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua) with
33 provinces, 30 smaller archipelagos, it
has a total of 17,508 islands of which about
6,000 are inhabited. The Republic of Indonesia
is located in Southeast Asia and stretches
5,150 km between the Australian and Asian
continental mainland and divides the Pacific
and Indian Oceans at the Equator. The name
Indonesia is composed of two Greek words:
"Indos" which means Indian and
"nesos" meaning islands. The capital
city of Indonesia is Jakarta. The country
shares land borders with Papua New Guinea,
East Timor and Malaysia. Other neighboring
countries include Singapore, the Philippines,
Australia, and the Indian territory of the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands......... MORE>>>>
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