Investigation into the Asia Pacific Region: Indonesia-Physical Environment

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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over seventeen thousand islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea.

Indonesia is a large country with more than fourteen thousand islands. This country has variety of diversity in flora, fauna, cultures and the other aspects because of the location that lies between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

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The largest country in Southeast Asia, both in area and population, is the Republic of Indonesia. Consisting of some 17,500 islands along the Equator between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it ranks as the world’s fourth most populous country.

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The Republic of Indonesia encompasses the world’s longest archipelago. From the tiny island of Sabang in the northwest to Papua (formerly Irian Jaya or West Irian) in the east, over 17,000 islands stretch some 3,400 miles along the Equator.