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Definition: Indonesia from The Macquarie Dictionary
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a republic in South-East Asia, consisting of a group of about 13 000 islands lying between the Malay Peninsula and New Guinea, principally Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan (part of Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea), the Maluku Islands, Bali, and the western part of Timor; a Netherlands colony before independence in 1945; a republic since 1950; the former Portuguese colony of Timor-Leste was part of Indonesia from 1976 to 2002.

1~919~443 km2 Bahasa Indonesia, also many local languages, mainly Javanese rupiah Jakarta

Formerly Dutch East Indies


Indonesia

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Country in southeast Asia, made up of 13,677 islands situated on or near the Equator, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's fourth most populous country, surpassed only by China, India, and the USA. Government The 1945 constitution, as amended in 2002, is based on a state ideology, the Pancacila (Five Principles), of monotheism, humanitarianism, Indonesian unity, representative democracy by consensus, and social justice. The country has a presidential political executive, with the president (and vice-president) directly elected since 2004 for a five-year term, renewable once. In 2008, the constitution was amended, requiring a party or coalition of parties to win a minimum of 20% of seats in parliament or 25% of the popular vote to nominate a presidential candidate. The legislature, known as the People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat: MPR), is made up of two chambers, the 560-member House of People's Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, …
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
With more than 17,000 islands comprising the...
With the most extensive intelligence network of any country in southeast Asia, Indonesia has 11 known agencies operating under several government departments and the military. Foremost is the Badan Koordinasi Intelijen Negara, or State Intelligence Coordinating Agency (BAKIN). It is the central body…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
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The Republic of Indonesia in SE Asia consists of about 13,600 islands, fewer than 6,000 of which are inhabited. The island of Java covers only 7% of the country's area but contains more than half of Indonesia's population. Three-quarters of the country is made up of five main areas: the Greater…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(ĭn´´dӘnē'zhӘ), officially Republic of Indonesia, republic (2015 est. pop. 258,162,000), c.735,000 sq mi (1,903,650 sq km), SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago. The fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia comprises more than 15,000 islands extending c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) along the equator…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 251,160,124 MUSLIM 87.2 percent PROTESTANT 7 percent CATHOLIC 2.9 percent HINDU 1.7 percent BUDDHIST 0.7 percent OTHER 0.5 percent Introduction The Republic of Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim country located in Southeast Asia between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, is an archipelago of…
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
Located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Indonesia extends 3,200 miles (5,100 km) west to east. In 2011 an estimated 245 million Indonesians lived on some thirteen thousand islands, making it the world's fourth most populous and geographically most fragmented country. More than three hundred…
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From Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
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With some 88.1 percent of its 250 million citizens professing Islam according to the 2010 census, the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia is the largest Muslim-majority country in the world. Indonesia has some 300 ethnic groups spread over 5,000 islands. The country is also the world's third-largest…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
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Republic of Indonesia Political Status: Independent republic established August 17, 1945; original constitution reinstated by presidential decree in 1959; under modified military regime from March 12, 1966, until democratic multiparty system reestablished following change of government on May 21, …
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From The Oxford Companion to Food
the fourth most populous nation of the world, covers a vast area of SE Asia. Its people are unevenly distributed among more than 15,000 islands, many of which are too small or too barren to offer a settled living to anyone. The islands vary enormously in size, climate, soil, and population density. …
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From Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017
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Republic of Indonesia Republik Indonesia Political Status: Independent republic established August 17, 1945; original constitution reinstated by presidential decree in 1959; under modified military regime from March 12, 1966, until democratic multiparty system reestablished following change of…
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Child labor remains an important social problem in Indonesia, but its incidence has diminished over the past several decades. In 2000, the ILO estimated that approximately 1,685,000 children between the ages of ten and fourteen were employed. This represents 7.8 percent of that age-group. Of those…
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