Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

Abstrak

Indonesia Country Report Research Project

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic state in the world that has 17,508 islands, situated between 6 degrees northern latitude and l l degrees southern latitude and spreading from 97 degrees to 14.1 degrees eastern longitude and it is located between two continents – Asia and Australia/Oceania. This strategic position greatly influences the country’s culture, social, politics and economy. Stretching along 3,977 miles between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, Indonesia has a total area of 1.9 million square miles including the ocean waters. The five large islands of Indonesia are: Sumatera covering 473,606 square km, Java with 132.107 square km, Kalimantan (the third largest island in the world) with an area of 539.460 square km, Sulawesi with 189.216 square km, and Papua with an area of 421.981 square kin. The populations of Indonesia in 2011 are approximately 229.965.000 people. Republic Indonesia is a state located in between Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia consists of 13.466 islands and thirty three provinces, It shares its land borders with Papua, East Timor and Malaysia’