Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world and the biggest Muslim country in the world, with more than 207 million people, Indonesia is a republic form of government, with the House of Representatives, Regional Representatives Council and the President elected directly.
The capital city is Jakarta. Indonesia land borders with Malaysia on Borneo island, with Papua New Guinea on the island of Papua and East Timor on the island of Timor. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.
Indonesia's history is heavily influenced by other nations. The Indonesian archipelago became an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when the kingdom of Sriwijaya in Palembang religion and trade relations with China and India. Kingdoms Hindu and Buddhists has grown in the early centuries AD, followed by the traders who brought Islam, as well as various European powers fought one another to monopolize the spice trade of Maluku during the era of ocean exploration. After being under Dutch colonial Indonesia, which was then called the Dutch East Indies declared its independence at the end of World War II. Furthermore, Indonesia received various obstacles, threats and challenges of natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratization process, and periods of rapid economic change.
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From Sabang to Merauke, Indonesia consists of various ethnic groups, languages and religions. Based clump nation (race), Indonesia consists of the original peoples of indigenous South Mongoloid / Austronesian and Melanesia where the Austronesian peoples of the largest in number and more inhabit the western part of Indonesia. More specifically, ethnic Javanese are the largest ethnic group with a population reaching 41.7% of the entire population of Indonesia.The national motto of Indonesia, "Unity Tunggal Ika" ("Different but still one"), articulates the diversity that shapes the country. Besides having a dense population and vast territory, Indonesia has natural areas that support biodiversity levels in the world's second largest.
Indonesia is also a member of the United Nations and the only member ever to come out of the UN, namely on January 7, 1965, and rejoined on September 28, 1966 and Indonesia are stated as a member of the 60th, the same membership since joining Indonesia on 28 September 1950. In addition to the United Nations, Indonesia is a member of ASEAN, KAA, APEC, OIC, G-20 and will be a member of the OECD
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