Republic of Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia abbreviated RI or Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia, which is crossed by the equator and located between the continents of Asia and Australia and between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago consisting of 17,508 islands, therefore it is also known as the Archipelago Islands (AP). With a population of 222 million people in 2006, Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world and the most populous Muslim country in the world, although it is not officially an Islamic state. Indonesia is a republic form of government, the House of Representatives, Regional Representatives Council and the president is elected directly. Jakarta is the country's capital. Indonesia borders Malaysia on Borneo island, with Papua New Guinea on the island of Papua and East Timor on the island of Timor. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the union territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.
History of Indonesia is heavily influenced by other nations. The Indonesian archipelago became an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when the kingdom of Sriwijaya in Palembang religion and trade relations with China and India. Hindu kingdoms and Buddhism has grown in the early centuries AD, followed by the traders who brought Islam, and various European powers fought one another to monopolize the spice trade of Maluku during the era of ocean exploration. Once under Dutch rule, Indonesia which was then called the Dutch East Indies declared independence at the end of World War II. Furthermore, Indonesia has received a variety of obstacles, threats and challenges from natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratization process, and periods of rapid economic change.

From Sabang to Merauke, Indonesia consists of distinct ethnic, linguistic and religious groups. The Javanese are the largest ethnic group and most politically dominant. Indonesia's national motto, "Unity in Diversity" ("Different but remains one"), articulates the diversity that shapes the country. Besides having a dense population and vast territory, Indonesia has a natural area that supports the level of biodiversity in the world's second largest.
Indonesia currently consists of 33 provinces, five of which have a different status. Province is divided into 399 districts and 98 cities divided into districts, and further into urban, rural, village, village, villages, pekon, or other terms that accommodated by the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 32 Year 2004 on Regional Government. Each province has its own parliament and provincial governors, while the district has a district legislature and regents; then the city has a mayor and City Council; everything is elected directly by the people through elections and elections. However there is no parliament in Jakarta district or city, as the District Administration and the City Administration in Jakarta is not autonomous.
province of Aceh, Yogyakarta, West Papua and Papua have the privilege of the legislature a greater and higher degree of autonomy than other provinces . For example, Aceh has the right to form its own legal system: in 2003, started to establish Sharia law in Aceh. Get the status of Special Region of Yogyakarta as a recognition of the vital role in supporting Indonesia Yogyakarta during the Revolution. Papua province, formerly called Irian Jaya, the special autonomy status granted in 2001. Jakarta is a special area of the state capital.
Indonesia is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia that has 17,504 islands large and small, about 6,000 of which are uninhabited, which spread around the equator, which gives tropical weather. The position of Indonesia is located at coordinates 6 ° N - 11 ° and 95 ° 08'LS 'BB - 141 ° 45'BT and is located between two continents Asia and Australia / Oceania.
Indonesia's territory extends along 3.977 mile between the ocean Indian and Pacific Oceans. Indonesia's land area is 1,922,570 km ² and 3,257,483 km ² vast waters. Is the most populous island of Java, where half the population of Indonesia live. Indonesia consists of five major islands, namely: Java with an area of 132,107 km ², Sumatera with an area of 473,606 km ², Borneo with an area of 539,460 km ², Sulawesi, with an area of 189,216 km ², and Papua with an area of 421,981 km ². Indonesia borders of the islands measured using territorial sea: 12 nautical miles and an exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles, the direction of winds