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Indonesia, [b] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [c] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands , including Sumatra , Java , Sulawesi , and parts of Borneo and New Guinea .
Geography of Indonesia. Indonesia is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia and Oceania, lying between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It is located in a strategic location astride or along major sea lanes connecting East Asia, South Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. [2]
An enlargeable topographic map of the island of Java, the most populous island on Earth. Indonesia is: an equatorial megadiverse island country. Location: Eastern Hemisphere, on the Equator. Eurasia (though not on the mainland) Asia.
Lesser Sunda Islands. Bali. Lombok. Sumbawa. Flores. Sumba. Timor: divided between Indonesian West Timor and the country of East Timor. Maluku Islands (Moluccas) New Guinea: divided between the Indonesian provinces of Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, Central Papua and West Papua and the country of Papua New Guinea.
Indonesia shares a land border with Malaysia on the island of Borneo and Sebatik. The Indonesian provinces of East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan lie to the south of the border while the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak lie to the north. The length of the border is 2,019.5 km.
Indonesia map with name of islands larger than 1000 km 2. This list of Indonesian islands by area includes all Indonesian islands over 500 km 2 in descending order by ...
Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia. It is formerly called the first-level provincial region (provinsi daerah tingkat I) before the Reform era. Provinces have a local government, consisting of a governor (Gubernur) and a regional legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Provinsi).
The Indonesian archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Indonesia) is a vast and diverse collection of over 17,000 to 18,000 islands [3][4] located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans in Southeast Asia and Oceania. [5] It is the world's largest archipelago, with five main islands— Sumatra, Java, Borneo (shared with Malaysia and Brunei), Sulawesi ...