Good Things About Indonesia
Translated by: Mika Halpin H
Article in Indonesia: LINK
Seems it has been a while this web is filled mostly by heavy-weight articles, sort of forgetting simple things that could be written into interesting articles too. Inspired by an article published in the Good News from Indonesia (GNFI) website, hence, this time we release a simple post: miscellaneous about Indonesia, from A to Z, spanning from Sabang until Merauke that even an Indonesian might not know, yet, about it. This posting is intentionally made to only contain facts about Indonesia.
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1) Indonesia is not Bali. Indonesia is a South-East Asian country where Bali is one of many thousand islands belongs to Indonesia.
2) The symbol of the Republic Indonesia is ‘Garuda’.
3) Indonesia comprises of 17.508 islands, populated by 237 million people.
4) Approximately 6,000 Indonesian islands are unoccupied.
5) The equator spans over Indonesia region that cause tropical climate.
6) Indonesia is located between Asia and Australia continent. Indonesian regions spans between Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
7) Indonesia is the 4th most populated country on Earth.
8) Indonesia is a country with highest Moslem population in the world.
9) The capital city of Indonesia is Jakarta, not Bali.
10) Indonesia consists of 5 main islands: Sumatera (Andalas), Java, Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), and Papua.
11) Indonesian motto is ‘Bhinneka Tunggal Ika’ or ‘Unity in Diversity’ which means regardless the diversity of Indonesian people, Indonesian people unite.
12) ‘Indonesia’ word comes from Latin, ‘Indus’ means India, and from Greek, ‘Nesos’ means island.
13) Indonesia has 33 provinces. Five provinces are special territories: Aceh, DKI Jakarta, DI Yogyakarta, Papua, and West Papua.
14) Indonesia is enriched with massive natural resources that include oil, natural gas, lead, copper, gold, etc.
15) Indonesia is the 2nd biggest natural gas exporter in the world.
16) Indonesia comprises of roughly 300 ethnics and many local languages.
17) Despite of many local languages, Indonesia has a national language: Bahasa Indonesia.
18) Indonesia is culturally influenced by India, Arabic, China, and Europe.
19) One well-known cultural heritage of Indonesia is batik, a fabric with distinctive pattern.
20) Indonesian architecture is influenced by India, Tiongkok (China), Arabic, and Europe.
21) Popular sport of Indonesian are badminton and soccer.
22) Each province possesses its own traditional sport, such as the Cow Race (Karapan Sapi) in Madura, caci (the Fight Contest) in Flores, and pasola in Sumba.
23) Pencak Silat is an original Indonesian martial art.
24) Dangdut is Indonesian people’s music that is influenced by music of Arabic, India, and Malay.
25) Rice is the main course of food of Indonesian, served with side dish or vegetables.
26) Indonesia stands in the 3rd position for countries with most diverse flora and fauna, after Brazil and Zaire.
27) 75% of world’s coral reef is located in the sea of Papua, Indonesia.
28) Indonesia is a home for Komodo, one of rarest animal on Earth. Komodo preservation area, Komodo National Park, is nominated for world’s 7 wonders.
29) The highest peak in Indonesia is Peak Jaya that is located in Papua.
30) Trans Studio in Makassar, South Sulawesi is the biggest indoor play arena in this world.
31) Indonesia’s Luwak Coffee is on the list of 10 world’s most expensive drinks.
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You can add the other good facts, if you want to! ;)
