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Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 101 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 4.5° S; S: 10.7° S; W: 104.8° E; E: 116.5° E; Date: 7 February 2011: Source: Own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Author: NordNordWest: Permission (Reusing this file)
Java [a] is one of the islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 153.8 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 54% of the Indonesian population. [2] Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast.
At the right, there is a description about Eastern Indonesian islands: Insula mudorum in qua homines et mulieres portant unum folium ante et retrò alium . Translation: Island of the naked people, in which men and women wear one leaf in front and another behind.
The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago (Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands composing the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands. [3] Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state, stretching from Sumatra in Asia to the western part of New ...
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Sumatra Island – also spelled Sumatera, the sixth largest island in the world, largest island entirely in Indonesia; Borneo Island – known locally as Kalimantan, the third largest island in the world; New Guinea Island – also spelled Nugini, known locally as Papua, the second largest island in the world; Java Island – the most populated ...
Although dense, the distribution of the population is uneven, about 55% of Indonesia's population lives on the island of Java, the most populous island in the world. A map of ethnic groups in Indonesia. The Indonesian archipelago is characterized by significant ethnic diversity, comprising approximately 600 distinct native ethnic groups.
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