Borobudur,designatedaUNESCOWorld Heritage sitein 1991, is one of the finest Buddhist monuments in the world. It stands on a hill about 20 miles (32 km) northwest ofYogyakartaand rises to a height of approximately 115 feet (35 metres) from its square base, which measures 403 feet (123 metr...
Given the sheer size of the region, it’s hardly surprising that Indonesia’s climate can vary widely from one location to another. With its central islands straddling the equator however, scuba diving vacations here tend to be defined by hot, humid weather most of the time. While the offici...
Shiva’s great temple at Prambanan, though not associated with the Shailendra family, is less than 50 miles (80 km) away, and an inscription dating to 856 marks what may be its foundation stone. The two monuments, which have much in common, help to explain the religious impulses in ...
Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park covers a total of 800 square kilometers (308 square miles) at the center of East Java and is the largest volcanic region in the province. Get up early to catch one of the most memorable sunrises of your life from the top of Mount Bromo or Mount Semeru...
Although large in size, Majapahit was more interested in controlling trade routes than in territorial gains. Meanwhile, Islamic traders introduced their faith to Indonesians in the trade ports around the 11th century. Islam slowly spread throughout Java and Sumatra, although Bali remained majority ...
Village boundaries of Indonesia is provided in 8 divisions as following due to the size of the data ID1,ID2,ID3,ID5,ID6,ID7,ID8,ID9 Download Indonesia Highway Lines Shapefile Download Indonesia Railway Lines Shapefile Download Indonesia Airport Location Shapefile ...
Java, one of the world's most densely settled places (with 2,108 people per square mile [814 per square kilometer] in 1990), occupies 78 percent of the nation's land area but accounts for about 60 percent of Indonesia's population. (About the size of New York state, Java's ...
At nearly 50,000 square miles, Java is a big island with a ton of surf potential. Numerous camps have sprung up on Java, the most famous of those being the camps that front G-Land. But there are also plenty of opportunities for the feral explorer to strike out on his own, discover ...
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(740,000 square kilometers) of Indonesian rainforest — an area twice the size of Germany — have been logged, burned or degraded for development of palm oil, paper and rubber plantations, nickel mining and other commodities, according to Global Forest Watch. In recent years deforestation has ...