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Indonesia, [c] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [d] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 square miles).
As of 2020, Indonesians make up 3.4% of the world's total population and Indonesia is the fourth most populous country after China, India and the United States.. Despite a fairly effective family planning program that has been in place since the 1967, [55] for the decade ending in 2020, Indonesia's population growth was 1.1 percent.
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In Indonesian folklore, the Orang Pendek (Indonesian for 'short person') is the most common name given to a creature said to inhabit remote, mountainous forests on the island of Sumatra. The creature has allegedly been seen and documented for at least 100 years by forest tribes, local villagers, Dutch colonists , and Western scientists and ...
Indonesian Institute of Sciences building in Jakarta. Among the main research and development institutions in the country, are: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Indonesian: Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset dan Teknologi Republik Indonesia, or Kemendikbudristek), is a government ministry that has the task of conducting affairs in the field of research ...
Bank Negara Indonesia: Jakarta 5.4 1.4 67.3 12.1 Banking 6 1194 Bayan Resources: Jakarta 3.3 1.0 2.9 39.6 Coal mining 7 1591 Chandra Asri Petrochemical: Jakarta 2.1 0.0 5.4 49.3 Oil and gas 8 1605 Amman Mineral Internasional: Jakarta 2.0 0.3 9.9 46.6 Mining 9 1738 Adaro Energy: Jakarta 6.1 1.6 10.5 5.6 Coal mining
Indonesia formed the Bali Democracy Forum and became a founding member of the Open Government Partnership. He presided over consistent economic growth. During his second term, the Democratic Party was embroiled by many corruption scandals. 7 Joko Widodo (born 1961) 20 October 2014: 20 October 2019 2014: 10 years PDI-P: 12 (10) Jusuf Kalla: 20 ...
The "Old Order" (1950–1965) in Indonesia has long been understood to be a period of turmoil and crisis, characterized by rebellions and political unrest. The weakness of Indonesia's democracy and its gradual transition to authoritarianism during the Old Order can be attributed to conventional modernization theory, which suggests that without strong socioeconomic structures, successful ...