There are 17,508 islands in Indonesia. Of these, only about 6,000 are inhabited. The largest island is Java, which is home to more than half of the country’s population. The other islands are divided into three main groups: the Outer Islands, the Moluccas, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
The Outer Islands are the most distant from the main islands of Java and Sumatra. They include Sulawesi, Borneo, and the Philippines. The Moluccas are a group of islands in the eastern …