Closer to Indonesia

 

Knowing Indonesia closer, I believe will make you more curious. Yap, Indonesia is an archipelago country. Noted there are about 17,508 islands in Indonesia, therefore it is called also as the Nusantara (Kepulauan Antara). Indonesia is also listed as the fourth most populous nation in the world, there are approximately 200 million people and the country's largest Muslim population in the world, although not officially an Islamic state. Do not worry, I am a christian :). 

In my place where I live now, we are together living balance between each other. Our tradition teaches to be able to live in harmony and coexist with one another. I believe where ever we go, as long as we have a good will and attitude we (people in Indonesia) will accept who ever wanting to come. Every country has their own problems also rite? Like as our live full of harmony , sometimes we sad, happy etc, so does Indonesia. It was not as reported on television mostly. Not all such places. I can guarantee it for you.

 Broadly speaking, Indonesia is divided into several provinces of several large islands in Indonesia.

 Sumatra has:
    * Aceh - Banda Aceh
    * North Sumatra - Medan
    * West Sumatra - Padang
    * Riau - Pekanbaru
    * Kepulauan Riau - Tanjung Pinang
    * Jambi - Jambi
    * South Sumatra - Palembang
    * Bangka Belitung Island - Louth
    * Bengkulu - Bengkulu
    * Lampung - Bandar Lampung 

Java has
    * Special Capital Region of Jakarta
    * Banten - Serang
    * West Java - Bandung
    * Central Java - Semarang
    * Special Region of Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta
    * East Java - Surabaya 

Nusa Tenggara Islands has
    * Bali - Denpasar
    * West Nusa Tenggara - Mataram
    * East Nusa Tenggara - Kupang 

Kalimantan has
    * Kalimantan Barat - Pontianak
    * Central Kalimantan - Palangkaraya
    * South Kalimantan - Banjarmasin
    * East Kalimantan - Samarinda 

Sulawesi has
    * North Sulawesi - Manado
    * Gorontalo - Gorontalo
    * Central Sulawesi - Palu
    * West Sulawesi - Mamuju
    * South Sulawesi - Makassar
    * South East Sulawesi - Kendall 

Maluku Islands has
    * Maluku - Ambon
    * North Maluku - Sofifi 

Western New Guinea has
    * West Papua - Manokwari
    * Papua - Jayapura
 
Yep, I think enough to introduce Indonesia through the island. Hopefully this brief introduction, you can be getting to know more closely with Indonesia. For the next post, I will invite you to become acquainted with each island in Indonesia, its civilization, tribes, tradition, languages, natural beauty, and also interesting places in each island. 

-xoxo- 

picture taken fromWikipedia Indonesia