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Indonesian archipelago
stretches from West to East. In the west is the town of Sabang (Nangroe Aceh
Darussalam), and at the east end is the town of Merauke (Papua province).
Indonesia has
the largest islands in the world such as the islands of Java, Sumatra, and
Sulawesi. But the islands are smaller even more, such as the island
of Nias, Bangka, Belitong, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Flores, Ambon, Banda, Halmahera
and still thousands more.
Thousands and
thousands of islands in Indonesia, are united by the sea and the strait. Even
Indonesia's vast territorial waters is greater than the area of land.
Therefore Indonesia is called a maritime country. And throughout the Indonesian
archipelago is called Nusantara.
The word Nusantara
is taken from the book Pararaton written hundreds of years ago in the ancient
Javanese kingdom of Majapahit around the 14th century AD. The term Nusantara is
then defined as the homeland (islands) between two continents and two oceans.
As a side
note, is the great kingdom of Majapahit in eastern Java who at that time was
trying to unite the whole archipelago under his control. Royal relics can still
be visited, it is located in Trowulan, Mojokerto, East Java.
Indonesia has
17,504 islands where each island or region inhabited by the population.
Therefore Indonesia is the country's ethnic and language has the most area in
the world.
There are thousands of tribes who inhabited the country of Indonesia. Each has different customs vary. They also have a different way of celebrating the excitement. Dancing, singing and traditional musical instruments in Indonesia are innumerable.
There are thousands of tribes who inhabited the country of Indonesia. Each has different customs vary. They also have a different way of celebrating the excitement. Dancing, singing and traditional musical instruments in Indonesia are innumerable.
In addition to
culture and the arts, Indonesia is also rich in biodiversity such as plants and
animals. Animals and plants in Indonesia has its own uniqueness. In Sumatra
there are Sumatran elephant, Sumatran tiger and orangutan. On the island of
Borneo, we will find the apes long-nosed proboscis monkey, which only exists in
Indonesia. In Java there are one-horned rhino, while on the island of Sulawesi
are Anoa. In Nusa Tenggara giant lizards
are very famous as ancient dragons, its called Komodo and in Papua there are magnificent birds named
birds of paradise.
Diverse
flora There are about 4000 species of
trees, 1500 kinds of ferns and about 5000 species of orchids. Indonesia earned
the nickname as the lungs of the world. Indonesia's forests second largest
after Brazil's.
In
the forests
there are also unique plants, which only exists in Indonesia. Like in
Sumatra there are the world's largest flower named Rafflesia Arnoldi.
And
various rare orchids in the jungles of Borneo.
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