Indonesia
comprises around 17,508 islands that extend 5,150 km all across, right
from the east to the west. These beautiful mountains are dotted with
green rainforests. Some of these mountains though are known to have
active volcanoes.
Indonesia is also known as one of the worlds
largest archipelagic state. An archipelago simply means a group of
islands. Archipelagos are generally found in the open sea. Archipelagos
are also generally volcanic in nature.
Indonesia is also known as
the world's most thickly populated country. In 2007, the estimated
figures were around 234 million people.
Indonesia is also known
as the largest Islamic country. Around 87 percent of the population
consists of Muslims. This has not been declared officially though.
Another
interesting fact about Indonesia remains to be that this place has
quite a diverse culture and one can see around 580 languages and
dialects being used out here.
Amongst the mind-boggling 17,508
islands that comprise Indonesia, around 6,000 are inhabited in reality.
The largest islands of Indonesia are - Java, Sumatra, New Guinea,
Sulawesi and Kalimantan.
Indonesia also has numerous active
volcanoes and people out here also have to be prepared due to the
frequent number of earthquakes.