Facts About Indonesia

Indonesia rates today as one of the most popular places around the world. The name Indonesia has been coined from a Latin word-Indus. Indus means India and the Greek term nesos means islands. The name Indonesia became popular in the year 1900. This beautiful place now is considered to be the 4th most populated countries all over the world. Read on to know more interesting facts about Indonesia.

Interesting Facts about Indonesia:
Indonesia comprises of around 17,508 islands that extend 5,150 kms all across, right from the east to the west. These beautiful mountains are dotted with green rainforests. Some of these mountains though are known to have active volcanoes.

Indonesia is also known as one of the worlds largest archipelagic state. An archipelago simply means a group of islands. Archipelagoes are generally found in the open sea. Archipelagoes are also generally volcanic in nature.

Indonesia is also known as the world’s most thickly populated country. In 2007, the estimated figures were around 234 million people.

Indonesia is also known as the largest Islamic country. Around 87 percent of the population consists of Muslims. This has not been declared officially though.

Another interesting fact about Indonesia remains to be that this place has quite a diverse culture and one can see around 580 languages and dialects being used out here.

Amongst the mind boggling 17,508 islands that comprise Indonesia, around 6,000 are inhabited in reality. The largest islands of Indonesia are – Java, Sumatra, New Guinea, Sulawesi and Kalimantan.

Indonesia also has numerous active volcanoes and people out here also have to be prepared due to the frequent number of earthquakes.

Indonesia is also known as the world’s 16th largest country. This is based on the total land area in Indonesia.

Of the ten largest islands found in the world, Indonesia boasts of three that belong to its list.

Indonesia with its abundant green cover is also home to many interesting flora and fauna.

Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the whole world. This island is also the 5th highest island in the world.

Some of the world’s largest produces of nutmeg come from Indonesia.

Tourism remains to be the main industry in Indonesia. Some of the major attractions of Indonesia remain to be tropical climate and the rich culture of this place.

It is said that the highest point in Indonesia is the Punkcak Jaya. This is located in the highlands of Papua.

Indonesia is also home to the Javan rhinoceros, which is not found anywhere else in the world.

Locally, Indonesia is also known as Tanah Air Kita. This means Our Land and Water.

Bali remains to be the most popular destinations in Indonesia. This beautiful place attracts tourists and nature lovers from all over the world due to its scenic beauty. Tourists have plenty to explore out here. Some of the other attractions remain to be the cultural activities of art and dance along with exquisite leatherwork and foot tapping music.

Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia remains to be the 11th largest city in the world and is also densely populated. This city itself has a wide variety of places of interest for tourists that flock over here from all over the world.

These were just a few interesting facts about Indonesia. There remains much more to be discovered and explored in this place.