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Indonesia

Also Known As Republic of Indonesia

South-eastern Asia

Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, lying between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising between 13,000 and 17,500 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, it is the world's largest archipelagic state. Indonesia proclaimed independence from the Netherlands on 17 August 1945, in the aftermath of World War II. Its capital and largest city is Jakarta. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Jakarta 2

Population

288,315,089 2

Population Estimate Year

2025 2

Area (sq km)

1,904,569 2

Independence or Founding Year

1945 2

Indonesia proclaimed independence from the Netherlands on 17 August 1945, in the aftermath of World War II.

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Indonesia

Cities

200 entries

Subregion

Country (Contained By)

Continent

Population Band

Capital Status

Founding Era

Amlapura

Ampana

Arosuka

Atambua

Ba'a

Bagansiapiapi

Bajawa

Bandung

Bangil

Bangkalan

Bangkinang

Banjarnegara

Bantul

Banyuwangi

Barabai

Barru

Batam

Batang

Baturaja

Batusangkar

Bekasi

Benteng, Selayar Islands

Betun

Bireuën

Blangkejeren

Blangpidie

Blora, Blora

Bogor

Brebes (town)

Bula, Indonesia

Bungku

Calang

Central Cikarang

Ciamis

Cianjur

Cibinong

Cirebon

Curup

Denpasar

Depok

Dompu

Ende

Gerung

Gunung Tua

Idi Rayeuk

Indramayu

Jailolo

Jakarta

Jepara

Jombang

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FAQs

Did Indonesia ever leave the United Nations?

Yes. Indonesia announced its withdrawal in January 1965 and returned to the General Assembly in September 1966.

Yes, briefly. By letter of 20 January 1965, Indonesia announced its decision to withdraw from the United Nations. On 19 September 1966 it announced that it would resume full cooperation and participation, and on 28 September 1966 the General Assembly took note of this decision and invited representatives of Indonesia to take seats in the Assembly.

Connections

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Bandung is a city in Indonesia.

Source Bandung (Wikipedia)

Source Bekasi (Wikipedia)

Bird's Head Peninsula

Borneo Rainforest

Central Java is a province of Indonesia.

Source Central Java (Wikipedia)

Source Depok (Wikipedia)

East Java is a province of Indonesia.

Source East Java (Wikipedia)

Jakarta is Indonesia's capital.

Source Jakarta (Wikipedia)

Komodo National Park

Source Komodo National Park (Wikipedia)

Source Medan (Wikipedia)

New Guinea Rainforest

North Sumatra is a province of Indonesia.

Source North Sumatra (Wikipedia)

Source Semarang (Wikipedia)

Special Region of Yogyakarta

Surabaya is a city in Indonesia.

Source Surabaya (Wikipedia)

Source Tangerang (Wikipedia)

West Java is a province of Indonesia.

Source West Java (Wikipedia)

West Kalimantan

Bordered By Water

Makassar Strait

South China Sea

Has Capital

Jakarta is Indonesia's capital.

Source Jakarta (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

The Plate Boundary That Built Indonesia's Volcanoes

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Governed By

Prabowo Administration

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Nationals Include

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Hans Westenberg

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Anwar Usman (born 31 December 1956) is an Indonesian jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia.

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Hikmahanto Juwana

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Jawahir Thontowi

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Maria Farida Indrati

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Maria Ulfah Santoso

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Muhammad Hatta Ali

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Sri Widoyati Wiratmo Soekito

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Source Sunarto (judge) - WikipediaLead sentence 1

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Sunarto (born 11 April 1959) is an Indonesian jurist who serves as the 15th and current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia since 16 October 2024.

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Johnson "John" Juanda (born 8 July 1971) is an Indonesian professional poker player of Chinese descent based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Origin Of

Balinese Architecture

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Batak Architecture

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Minangkabau Architecture

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The Act of Killing

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The Look of Silence

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Ayam goreng kalasan

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Bubur kacang hijau

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Bubur ketan hitam

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Source Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages: Cubeb Pepper (Piper cubeba)Origin

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Indonesia. Most cubeb pepper is today harvested in Jawa and other Indonesian islands, but also from some African countries (Sierra Leone, Congo), cubeb pepper is exported.

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Indonesian Cuisine

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Indonesian noodles

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Site Of

Autograph Tower

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Source Baileo (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

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The baileo or baileu is a traditional house in Maluku and North Maluku, Indonesia.

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Source Wikipedia: BorobudurLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur, Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦝꦸꦂ, romanized: Candhi Barabudhur), is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.

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Source Wikipedia: PrambananLead sentence 1

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Prambanan (Indonesian: Candi Prambanan, Javanese: Rara Jonggrang, Hanacaraka: ꦫꦫꦗꦺꦴꦁꦒꦿꦁ) is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu), and the Destroyer (Shiva).

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Source Souraja (Wikipedia)

Thousand Legs house

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PT Gojek Indonesia (stylized in all lower case and stylized j as goȷek, formerly styled as GO-JEK) is an Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group based in Jakarta.

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Source Lion Air Group (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

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PT Lion Group, dba Lion Air Group, is a holding company based in Indonesia.

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Source Wikidata: Pindad

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Financial Services Authority (Indonesia)

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Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Indonesia Investment Authority

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Indonesia Stock Exchange

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Ministry of Finance (Indonesia)

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Universitas Indonesia

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Bosscha Observatory

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Indonesian Space Agency

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Institut Teknologi Bandung

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National Institute of Aeronautics and Space

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PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara

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It was formed in 1991 and was the first satellite-based telecommunications company in Indonesia.

Indonesia National Badminton Team

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Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia)

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The Indonesian Olympic Committee (Indonesian: Komite Olimpiade Indonesia, KOI) (IOC Code: INA) is the national Olympic committee of Indonesia and the member of Olympic Council of Asia.

Found There

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Common Starling

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Convict cichlid

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Cryptostegia grandiflora

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Drosophila melanogaster

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Eastern Gray Squirrel

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Erythrina euodiphylla

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Eurasian tree sparrow

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The Eurylaimidae are a family of suboscine passerine birds that occur from the eastern Himalayas to Indonesia and the Philippines.

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Giant Freshwater Prawn

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Giant Tiger Prawn

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Golden Apple Snail

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Goliath Tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath)

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Great Barracuda

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Great cormorant

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Grey bamboo shark

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Hemiscyllium galei

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At present, H. galei is only known from depths of 2 to 4 metres (6 ft 7 in to 13 ft 1 in) at reefs in the Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua, Indonesia.

Humpback Anglerfish

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Hymenopus coronatus

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Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Synchiropus splendidus (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic Range

Quote, Geographic Range

Synchiropus splendidus is found in much of the western Pacific including the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Guinea (Delbeek, 1989).

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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus)

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New Guinea Rainforest

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Sources

1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction

Quote, Introduction

The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.

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2. Indonesia (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundation

Infobox
Republic of Indonesia
Infobox, capital
Jakarta
Infobox, area
1,904,569 km2 (735,358 sq mi)
Infobox: population_estimate
288,315,089
Article text
However, Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August 1945. Two days later, Sukarno proclaimed Indonesian independence, with Hatta co-signing the declaration.
Introduction
Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising between 13,000 and 17,500 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state.

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Wikidata: Indonesia

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Jakarta (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundation

Associated With: Jakarta, Lead section
Has Capital: Jakarta, Lead section, capital fact
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, with administrative status equivalent to a province.

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Medan (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Medan, Infobox, Country

Quote, Associated With: Medan, Infobox, Country

Indonesia

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Semarang (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Semarang, Infobox, Country

Quote, Associated With: Semarang, Infobox, Country

Indonesia

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Tangerang (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Tangerang, Lead paragraph, province sentence

Quote, Associated With: Tangerang, Lead paragraph, province sentence

Tangerang (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈt̪aŋəɾaŋ]) is the city with the largest population in the province of Banten, Indonesia.

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Bekasi (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Bekasi, Lead section

Quote, Associated With: Bekasi, Lead section

Bekasi (Indonesian pronunciation: [bəˈkasi] ) is the largest city in the province of West Java and the third-largest city in Indonesia.

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Depok (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Depok, Infobox, Country field

Quote, Associated With: Depok, Infobox, Country field

Indonesia

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Wikidata: Komodo National Park

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Wikidata: Gunung Leuser National Park

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East Java (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: East Java, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: East Java, Lead paragraph

Jhâbâ Tèmor) is a province of Indonesia

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West Java (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: West Java, Lead paragraph

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native homeland of the Sundanese people, the second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia.

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Central Java (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Central Java, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: Central Java, Lead paragraph

Jawi Tengah) is a province of Indonesia,

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North Sumatra (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: North Sumatra, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: North Sumatra, Lead paragraph

Batak: ᯘᯮᯔᯖᯩᯒ ᯥᯖᯒ) is a province of Indonesia

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South Sulawesi (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: South Sulawesi, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: South Sulawesi, Lead paragraph

ᨔᨘᨒᨓᨙᨔᨗ ᨔᨛᨒᨈ) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Aceh (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Aceh, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: Aceh, Lead paragraph

Aceh is the westernmost province of Indonesia.

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South Sumatra (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: South Sumatra, Lead paragraph

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سومترا سلاتن) is a province of Indonesia,

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West Sumatra (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: West Sumatra, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: West Sumatra, Lead paragraph

سومترا بارت) is a province of Indonesia.

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Riau (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Riau, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: Riau, Lead paragraph

(Jawi: رياو) is a province of Indonesia.

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West Kalimantan (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: West Kalimantan, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: West Kalimantan, Lead paragraph

کليمنتن بارت) is a province of Indonesia.

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North Sulawesi (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: North Sulawesi, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: North Sulawesi, Lead paragraph

Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia.

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Special Region of Yogyakarta (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Special Region of Yogyakarta, Lead paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: Special Region of Yogyakarta, Lead paragraph

simply Yogyakarta, is a province-level special region of Indonesia

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New Guinea (Wikipedia)

Encompasses: New Guinea, Lead, third paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: New Guinea, Lead, third paragraph

forms a part of Indonesia

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Borneo (Wikipedia)

Encompasses: Borneo, Lead, fifth paragraph

Quote, Encompasses: Borneo, Lead, fifth paragraph

Approximately 73% of the island forms part of Indonesia

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