INDONESIA IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST ISLAND COUNTRY AND THE 14-TH LARGEST COUNTRY BY LAND AREA, AT 1,904,569 SQUARE KILOMETERS. IT CONSISTS OF FIVE MAJOR ISLANDS AND ABOUT 30 SMALLER GROUPS.

THERE ARE TOTAL NUMBER OF 17,508 ISLANDS SPREAD ACORSS THE EQUATOR OF WHICH ABOUT 6000 ARE INHABITED.

IT CUTS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN AND LIES AT THE HEART OF THE RING OF FIRE. SEEMINGLY AN ISLAND PARADISE, IT HAS MORE ACTIVE VOLCANO THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. IT HAS DENSE NATURAL RICH FOREST AND ITS FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR ITS ISLANDS AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES.

HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST STUNNING BEACHES, IT’S CORAL REEFS ARE THE MOST DIVERSE IN THE WORLD.

INDONESIA ALSO HAS THE LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATION IN THE WORLD.

AS A WHOLE, PEOPLE ARE ARTISTIC BY NATURE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES ON CANVAS, WOODS, METALS, CLAY AND STONE. THE BATIK PROCESS OF WAXING AND DYEING ORIGINATE DIN JAVA CENTURIES AGO AND CLASSIC DESIGNS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED WIHT MODERN TRENDS IN BOTH PATTERN AND TECHNOLOGY.

ESSENTIALS

CAPITAL CITY: Jakarta

CURRENCY : Rupiah (1 rupiah (Rp) is divided into 100 sen)

The local currency of Indonesia is Rupiah (Rp) and 1Rp = 100 sen. Bills come in denominations of Rp 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000, and 100.000. Coins come in denominations of Rp 25, 50, 100, 200, and 500.

Credit cards are accepted at most hotels and restaurants in main cities. It is advisable to carry sufficient amounts of Rupiah when traveling to smaller towns or outer provinces.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Bahasa Indonesia

MAJOR LANGUAGES: Bahasa Indonesia, English, Dutch, Javanese, and other local dialects

POPULATION : What is the population of Indonesia in 2022?

275,501,339

CLIMATE: Indonesia has a tropical climate and so is hot and humid all year round. It has with two clear seasons. The dry season runs from April to October, the rainy season from November until March. Most of the rain falls in December and January.

INDONESIA’S TIME ZONE

There are three Standard Time Zones in Indonesia:

Sumatra, Java and West & Central Kalimantan are 7 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+7)

Bali, Nusa Tenggara, South & East Kalimantan and Sulawesi are 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+8)

Irian Jaya and Maluku are 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+9)

TRANSPORTATION : Indonesia is a vast equatorial archipeago of 17,000 islands extending 5,150 kilometers (3,200 miles) east to west, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans in Southeast Asia. The largest islands are Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), Sulawesi, and the Indonesian part of New Guinea (known as Papua or Irian Jaya).