of 273.8 million people spread out over 17,000 islands and over 1.9 million square miles of land. The Java Island has about 56.7% of Indonesia’s population, which makes it the world’s most populous island. The country’s current population density is at 140 individuals per square kilometer...
(Jawa Barat), to the south by theIndian Ocean, and to the west by theSunda Strait, across which lies the province ofLampung, in southernSumatra. The capital of Banten is Serang, in the northwestern part of the province. Area 3,731 square miles (9,663 square km). Pop. (2010 prelim....
The island averages more than 2,600 persons per square mile (1,000 per square km) and has the majority of Indonesia’s population on only 7 percent of the total land area of the republic. Java’s rate of population growth has remained quite high; from an estimated 5 million people in...
Minangkabau and Batak peoples constitute the majority of Jambi’s population. There also are small but significant Chinese, Arab, and Indian communities. Area province, 19,328 square miles (50,058 square km). Pop. (2010) city, 531,857; province, 3,092,265. This article was most recently...
(1,600 km), reaching an elevation of 12,467 feet (3,800 metres) at Mount Kerinci. Eastward, flat alluvial lands are drained by many rivers; the Hari River, navigable for 300 miles (480 km), is the longest.Lake Toba, with an area of about 440 square miles (1,140 square km), is...
Area 6,341 square miles (16,424 square km). Pop. (2010 prelim.) 1,223,296.Geography The topography of the Bangka Belitung archipelago consists primarily of lowland plains and shallow valleys, punctuated by hilly tracts and, on the two largest islands, several isolated mountain peaks. The ...