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Indonesia Facts and Figures
Indonesia is a very unique destination located in South east region. The country is
famous throughout the world for its islands and beautiful landscapes
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian
Location : Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Capital City : Jakarta
Official Language Bahasa Indonesia
Population : 253,609,643 (July 2014 est.)
Main ethnic groups : Javanese, Sundanese, Indonesian (Malay), Madura
Bahasa Indonesia, English, Dutch, Javanese, and other
Major Languages : local dialects
Islam (more than 80%), Christianity, Hinduism,
Main religions : Buddhism
Area : 1 919 443 square kilometres (742,308 square miles)
Indonesia Coastline : 54,720 km
Currency : Rupiah (1 rupiah (Rp) is divided into 100 sen)
Main agricultural Rice, coconuts, soy beans, bananas, coffee, tea, palm,
products : rubber, sugar cane
Fishing, petroleum, timber, paper products, cotton
cloth, tourism, mining of petroleum, natural gas,
Main Industries : auxite, coal and tin
GDP per Capita : U.S. $5,200 (2013 est.)
Culture and Religions of Indonesia
Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, is 86 percent Muslim—and the
largest Islamic country, though it is a secular state. Indonesians are separated by seas and
clustered on islands. The largest cluster is on Java, with some 130 million inhabitants (60
percent of the country’s population) on an island the size of New York State. Sumatra,
much larger than Java, has less than a third of its people. Ethnically the country is highly
diverse, with over 580 languages and dialects—but only 13 have more than one million
speakers.
The present day culture of Indonesia is an outcome of the interplay of old-age- traditions
from the time of early migrants and the Western thought brought by Portuguese traders
and Dutch colonists. The basic principles, which guide life include the concepts of
mutual assistance or “gotong royong” and consultations or “musyawarah” to arrive at a
consensus or “mufakat”. Derived from rural life, this system is still very much in use in
community life throughout the country. Though the legal system is based on the Old
Dutch penal code, social life as well as the rites of passage is founded on customary or
“adat” law, which differs from area to area. “Adat” law has been instrumental in
maintaining gender equality in Indonesia. Indonesian art forms are greatly influenced by
religion. The famous dance dramas of Java and Bali are derived from Hindu mythology
and often feature fragments from the Hindu epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharata.
The crafts of Indonesia vary in both medium and art form. As a whole the people are
artistic by nature and express themselves on canvas, wood, metals, clay and stone. The
batik process of waxing and dyeing originated in Java centuries ago and classic designs
have been modified with modern trends in both pattern and technology. There are several
centres of Batik in Java, the major ones being Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Pekalongan, and
Cirebon.
Indonesia is rich in handicrafts. Various forms of handicrafts practiced are:
woodcarvings for ornamentation and furniture, silverwork and engraving from
Yogyakarta and Sumatra; filgree from South Sulawesi and Bali with different styles of
clay, sandstone and wood sculptures. These are but a few of the handicrafts found in
Indonesia.
Source: Indonesian Ministry of Trade https://www.embassyofindonesia.org/basic-facts/
