Indonesia is located on the Indian Ocean and is the largest archipelago in the world. The country is made up of over 17,000 islands, of which only about 6,000 are inhabited. The islands are divided into five main regions: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua.
The main islands are Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Komodo, East Timor, and Sulawesi. Sumatra is the largest island and is located in the west of Indonesia. Java is the most populous island…
There are three countries that are geographically close to Indonesia – Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Singapore is a city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It is one of the most prosperous countries in the world and has a population of 5.6 million. Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It has a population of 31 million and is the largest country in the region. The Philippines is an archipelago country located in …
There are more than 17,000 islands in Indonesia – making it the world’s largest archipelago. The main islands are Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo), Sulawesi and Irian Jaya (the western half of New Guinea).
The vast majority of Indonesia’s islands are uninhabited, but the more than 6,000 inhabited islands are home to some 250 million people. The largest cities in Indonesia are Jakarta, Surabaya and Bandung.
The Indonesian archipelago is divided into five main island groups:…