LOCATION AND SIZE. Indonesia is an archipelago (a group of islands) stretching along the equator between the Southeast Asian mainland and Papua New Guinea, with which it shares an island. The country has a total land area of 1,919,440 square kilometers (741,096 square miles), or about 3...
In the 7th century, the powerful Buddhist kingdom ofSrivijayaarose on Sumatra. It controlled much of Indonesia until 1290 when it was conquered by the Hindu Majapahit Empire from Java. Majapahit (1290-1527) united most of modern-day Indonesia and Malaysia. Although large in size, Majapahit w...
000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world’s largest island country and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 square miles
and a vibrant commercial zone. the city’s tiny size of 32.82 square kilometers (12.7 square miles) is effectively exploited, resulting in a densely populated metropolitan setting abundant in cultural and historical relics . jalan malioboro is a significant component of ...
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...
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 ...
Frequent-flyer program GarudaMiles Alliance SkyTeam Subsidiaries Aerowisata Citilink Garuda Cargo GMF AeroAsia Aero Systems Indonesia Sabre Travel Network Indonesia Fleet size 73 Destinations 51 (including cargo) Parent company Government of Indonesia (60.54%) PT Trans Airways (CT Corp...
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...
Of Indonesian cities, Surabaya is surpassed in size only by Jakarta and has remained the chief commercial center of eastern Java. From its port is shipped the bulk of Java’s chief agricultural products, including sugar, as well as coffee, tobacco, teak, cassava, rubber, spices, vegetable ...
and Bone to the south. The coastline is long in relation to the size of the island. The land consists of ranges of mountains cut by deep rift valleys, many of which contain lakes. The island is fringed by coral reefs and is bordered by oceanic troughs in the south. Its northeastern ar...