Indonesia

Fun Facts about Indonesia: (source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia)

• The Republic of Indonesia (pronounced /ˌɪndoʊˈniːziə/ or /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/) (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia)
• The name Indonesia derives from the Latin Indus, meaning “India”, and the Greek nesos, meaning “island”
• a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
• comprises 17,508 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited
• The five largest islands are Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo), New Guinea (shared with Papua New Guinea), and Sulawesi.
• The nation’s capital city is Jakarta, located in the Java island
• estimated population of around 237 million people
• the world’s fourth most populous country
• The official national language, Indonesian, is universally taught in schools, and is spoken by nearly every Indonesian. It is the language of business, politics, national media, education, and academia.
• has the largest Muslim population in the world.
• Most Indonesians speak at least one of the several hundred local languages (bahasa daerah), often as their first language.
• There are around 300 distinct native ethnicities in Indonesia, and 742 different languages and dialects.
• Indonesia consists of 33 provincesIndonesia has at least 150 active volcanoes, including Krakatoa and Tambora, both famous for their devastating eruptions in the 19th century.
• Lying along the equator, Indonesia has a tropical climate, with two distinct monsoonal wet and dry seasons
• the average daily temperature range of Jakarta is 26–30 °C (79–86 °F)