Interesting facts about the wealth of this country, can be of mailist. Amazing once startling. With all the potential wealth that there are people of this country are still too many that suffer. Hopefully we all can be an inspiration to rebuild the country.
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- Republic of Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago consisting of 17,504 islands (including the 9634 islands and 6,000 unnamed islands which are uninhabited). Here are three of the six largest island in the world, namely: Borneo (the world's third largest island with an area of 539.460 km2), Sumatra (473 606 km2) and Papua (421 981 km2). Indonesia is the largest maritime countries in the world with the waters of an area of 93 thousand km2 and the length of the coast about 81 thousand km2, or almost 25% long beach in the world.
Java Island is the most populous island in the world where about 60%, almost the population of Indonesia (about 130 jt people) live on the island with an area of only 7% of the entire territory of Indonesia. Indonesia is a country with the largest tribes in the world. There are more than 740 tribes / ethnic groups, where in Papua alone there are 270 tribes.
Countries with the largest regional languages, namely, 583 languages and dialects of the 67 main languages used by various tribes in Indonesia. Indonesian national language, although language is an area with the highest number of users in Indonesia is the Java language.
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world. The number of Muslims in Indonesia around 216 million people or 88% of the population of Indonesia. Most mosques also have a number of pilgrims and their home country in the world.
Buddhist monument (temple) is the world's largest temple of Borobudur in Central Java with a height 42 meters (10 levels) and long relief of more than 1 km. Estimated to be over 40 years by a dynasty during the Mataram kingdom Syailendra Ancient (750-850).
Place the discovery of the oldest hominid in the world, namely: Pithecanthropus Erectus "is estimated to come from 1.8 million years ago.
State of the Republic of Indonesia is the first born after World War II in 1945. RI is the 70th oldest state in the world.
Indonesia is the first nation (until now only one) who never get out of the United Nations (UN) on the 7th January 1965. RI merged back into the United Nations in 1966.
Indonesian badminton team is that ever won badminton men supremacy symbol, Thomas Cup, which is as many as 13 x (the first time last year in 1958 & 2002).
Indonesia is a producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world (20% of world supply) is also the second largest tin producer.
Indonesia ranks first in agricultural products, namely: Clove (cloves) & nutmeg (nutmeg), and No.2 in the natural rubber (Natural Rubber) and crude palm oil (Crude Palm Oil).
Indonesia is the largest exporter of plywood (plywood), which is about 80% in world markets. Coral Reefs (Coral Reef), Indonesia is the richest (18% of world total).
Indonesia has the world's largest shark species are 150 species.
Orchids Biodiversity terbeser world: six thousand species of orchids, ranging from the largest (or Grammatophyllum speciosum Tiger Orchid) to the smallest (Taeniophyllum, not leafy), including the Black Orchid is a rare and only found in Papua.
Has the largest mangrove forest in the world. O This is useful plants prevent water erosion / abrasion.
Ancient animal that is alive: Komodo dragons are found only on Komodo island, East Nusa Tenggara is the largest lizard in the world. Can reach 3 meters in length and weighs 90 kg.
Rafflesia Arnoldi grows in Sumatra, which is the largest flower in the world. When the flowers bloom, reaching one meter in diameter.
Has the smallest primate in the world, namely Pygmy Tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) or also known as Mount Tarsier whose length is only 10 cm. Animals like monkeys and their lives above the tree is found in Sulawesi.
Place the discovery of the world's longest snake, Python Reticulates along 10 meters in Sulawesi.
World's smallest fish found recently in the muddy swamps of Sumatra. 7.9 mm long as adults or more or less equal mosquitoes. Fish body was transparent and did not have a bone head.