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One could spend a dozen lifetimes exploring one tenth of Indonesia. One of the largest, most populous, most diverse countries in the world, Indonesia is organized into nearly a hundred provinces. Some of these provinces administers nearly a 1000 islands each! Given the size, complexity and diversity of the country, we should not be surprised that Indonesia has experienced more than its share of natural disasters (volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes), religious conflict and secessionist crises. But most of these crises seem to have been resolved, and the country is once again a tourist's and anthropologist's dream.

Location of Indonesia

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Banda Aceh's Grand Mosque

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History of Indonesia

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Provinces of Indonesia

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On Bali

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(Some of the) Islands of Indonesia

Bali
The island of Bali is the cornerstone of Indonesia's tourist industry. Despite the devastation of tsunami, attacks by terrorists, horrible nigh club fires, air disasters, and the global economic climate, Bali continues to be one of the major tourism destinations in the Pacific. Before becoming a province in its own right, the island was the westernmost portion of the Tenggara region.The island is also the center of Hinduism in Indonesia. The capital of Bali is Denpasar..
Java
Java is an island of Indonesia, and is divided into several provinces. Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia is situated towards the Western end of the north coast of the island.It is the most populous island in Indonesia and the most populous island in the world. The (in)famous volcano, Krakatoa, lies to the West* of Java in the straits between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

As to 1969 Maximilian Schnell film, Krakatoa, East of Java. some regard the title as an error [ the studio ran it as "The Volcano" for a while], others suspect it was part of a complex self-send-up by the screenwriters of the film's improbable plot
Kalimantan (Borneo)
Kalimantan is the Indonesian name for the island of Borneo. Four Indonesian provinces take up 3/4 of the island, and the remaining quarter (the North-West of the island) is shared between the independent country of wiki/Sarawak">Sarawak..
Maluku Islands (Moluccas)
The Maluku Islands (Moluccas) or the Spice Islands*; were at one time the world's only source of nutmeg and mace. These and many other spices available on the islands attracted the attention of the European colonizing powers to the region, especially the British, Portuguese and the Dutch. [The Dutch traded Manhattan to the British for one of the smaller islands!]

There are reputed to be 999 islands inthe Moluccas. They are now divided into two Indonesian provinces - Maluku and North Maluku..

*The islands of Zanzibar, of the coast of East Africa, were also called the Spice Islands.
Papua (New Guinea)
The Eastern part of the island was under Austrlian administration and is now the independent country of Papua New Guinea. The Eastern portion is divided into two provinces, Papua, and West Papua, which at one time was the focus of secessionist activity as "West Irian Jaya"
Sulawesi (Celebes)
The Celebes is the Portuguese name for the island of Sulawesi (they thought it was an archipelago). The Indonesian name is possibly derived from the sources of iron (besi) on the island. It is now divided into six provinces. The cross-shape of the island was probably created by two arrow-shaped land masses colliding, at the boundary of the Asian and Australian tectonic plates..
Sumatra
Sumatra is the largest island wholly within Indonesia. The middle third of its north-east facing coast runs parallel with the Malay peninsula to form the a>, one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. Sumatra is the seat of severa significant ancient kingdoms, notably Srivijaya and Samudra.t is in

One of the island;s most significant provinces is Riau, which is an exemplar of global conservation issues. It is rich in oil and gas resources, and is losing land rapidly to the sea as a result of extensive logging..
Tenggara
Tenggara mean "South West" in both Malay and Indonesian, but the Lesser Sunda Islands that make up a significant portion of Tenggara are actually about mid-way East-West in Indonesia, to the south of Sulawesi. Perhaps most significant is the presence in the Tenggara region, of East Timor, East Timor was a Portuguese colony, invaded immediately and annexed by Indonesia on obtaining independence from Portugal, and now newly independent again as a result of self-determiniation under UN supervision.

On Sumatra

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Blog Posts on Indonesia

Indonesia's love affair with social media
By Karishma Vaswani BBC News, Jakarta The film #republiktwitter is a tale that reflects Indonesia's love affair with Twitter. These days, as one of the characters in the movie says, the people's voice is Twitter's voice. It is a modern Indonesian ...
Lion Air Orders Put Spotlight on Indonesia
Indonesia's Lion Air is among the least-known major airlines in the world. But recent moves to expand its fleet are putting the company on the map?and drawing attention to the country's potential as a top growth market for aviation.
Indonesia - Market Factors to watch - Feb 16
(Adds digest) JAKARTA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in Indonesia as well as business highlights from newspapers and factors that may influence financial markets. PRESS DIGEST (Reuters has not verified these stories) * COCA COLA ...
Jinchuan Gains Most in Three Months on Indonesia Speculation
16 (Bloomberg) -- Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. shares jumped the most in three months on speculation Indonesia may bring forward restrictions on exports of metal ores including nickel to May, potentially boosting sales from Chinese ...
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Indonesia on Video

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The West Papua Earthquake

West Oaoua earthquake -
Quakes Kill at Least 3 in Eastern Indonesia
The Associated Press: Series of powerful quakes kills 3 in Indonesia
A series of powerful earthquakes at dawn killed at least three people and injured dozens more in remote eastern Indonesia on Sunday, cutting power lines and badly damaging buildings
Manokwari
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua">West Papua, at the western end of New Guinea on the Bird's Head Peninsula

Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua

Location of 7.0+ Earthquake, 1/4/2009

File Image (August 2006) courtesy of NASA is in the public domain

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Table of Contents

  1. Location of Indonesia
  2. Banda Aceh's Grand Mosque
  3. Skyline of Jakarta
  4. On Jakarta
  5. RSS Feed on Indonesia
  6. History of Indonesia
  7. Bali Gamelan
  8. Provinces of Indonesia
  9. On Bali
  10. (Some of the) Islands of Indonesia
  11. On Sumatra
  12. Blog Posts on Indonesia
  13. Indonesia on Video
  14. Court Gamelan
  15. The West Papua Earthquake
  16. Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua
  17. Products of Indonesia
  18. Related Lenses
  19. Guestbook
  20. About Me
  21. Collecting Indonesian Coins
  22. Copyright/Copyleft

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