Indonesia

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300292463
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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Indonesia

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Indonesia (East & Southeast Asia)

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Introduction ::Indonesia

Background:

The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; Japan occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to transfer sovereignty in 1949. Free and fair legislative elections took place in 1999 after decades of repressive rule. Indonesia is now the world's third most populous democracy, the world's largest archipelagic state, and home to the world's largest Muslim population. Current issues include: alleviating poverty, improving education, preventing terrorism, consolidating democracy after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing economic and financial reforms, stemming corruption, holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations, addressing climate change, and controlling avian influenza. In 2005, Indonesia reached a historic peace agreement with armed separatists in Aceh, which led to democratic elections in Aceh in December 2006. Indonesia continues to face low intensity armed resistance by the separatist Free Papua Movement.

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Geography ::Indonesia

Location:Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Geographic coordinates:5 00 S, 120 00 E

Map references:Southeast Asia

Area:

Total:1,904,569 sq km

Country comparison to the world:16

Land:1,811,569 sq km

Water:93,000 sq km

Area - comparative:Slightly less than three times the size of Texas

Land boundaries:

total:2,830 km border countries: Timor-Leste 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km

Coastline:54,716 km

Maritime claims:Measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines

Territorial sea:12 nm

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Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Climate:Tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Terrain:Mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 m

Highest point:Puncak Jaya 5,030 m

Natural resources:Petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver

Land use: arable land:11.03%

Permanent crops:7.04%

Other:81.93% (2005)

Irrigated land:45,000 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:2,838 cu km (1999)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

Total:82.78 cu km/yr (8%/1%/91%)

Per capita:372 cu m/yr (2000)

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Natural hazards:Occasional floods; severe droughts; tsunamis; earthquakes; volcanoes; forest fires

Volcanism:Indonesia contains the most volcanoes of any country in the world - some 76 are historically active; significant volcanic activity occurs on Java, western Sumatra, the Sunda Islands, Halmahera Island, Sulawesi Island, Sangihe Island, and in the Banda Sea; Merapi (elev. 2,968 m, 9,737 ft), Indonesia's most active volcano and in eruption since 2010, has been deemed a "Decade Volcano" by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Agung, Awu, Karangetang, Krakatau (Krakatoa), Makian, Raung, and Tambora

Environment - current issues:Deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; airpollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires

Environment - international agreements:

Party to:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation

Geography - note:Archipelago of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean

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People ::Indonesia

Population:242,968,342 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:4

Age structure:

14 years:0-28.1% (male 34,337,341/female 33,162,207)

15-64 years:66% (male 79,549,569/female 78,918,321)

65 years and over:6% (male 6,335,208/female 7,968,876) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total:27.9 years

Male:27.4 years

Female:28.4 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate:1.097% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:115

Birth rate:18.45 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:106

Death rate:6.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

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Country comparison to the world:157

Net migration rate:-1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:163

Urbanization:

Urban population:52% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:3.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth:1.05 male(s)/female

Under 15 years:1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years:1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over:0.79 male(s)/female

Total population:1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

Total:28.94 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world:74

Male:33.76 deaths/1,000 live births

Female:23.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.) 9

Life expectancy at birth:

Total population:71.05 years

Country comparison to the world:135

Male:68.53 years

Female:73.69 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate:2.28 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:107

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:0.2% (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:103

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:270,000 (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:25

HIV/AIDS - deaths:8,700 (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:36

Major infectious diseases:

Degree of risk:high

Food or waterborne diseases:Bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, dengue fever, and malaria 10