Did You Know?: Fun Facts About Indonesia
Noteworthy list of facts submitted by Laurent Lavoye from 1-2-dive Agencies [Link] for Official Indonesian Bloggers Group’s discussion board.
- Did you know, that with more than 250.000.000 people, Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world?
- Did you know, that there are 316 ethnic groups which speak 670 dialects in Indonesia?
- Did you know that it is forbidden not to have a religion in Indonesia? (doesn’t matter which one as long as you have one)
- Did you know, that there are around 400 volcanoes in Indonesia, and 150 out of them are active, which represents 75% of all active volcano on the planet? (so only 50 for the rest of the world)
- Did you know, that Indonesia is more than 5.000 kilometres long? (which is an average length for a continent)
- Did you know, that Indonesia has the longest coastline in the world, with 100.000 kilometres long?
- Did you know, that Indonesia is probably the last country in the world, which has still unexplored territories, and is not completely mapped? (especially around Irian Jaya)
- Did you know, that there are 17.508 islands in Indonesia, which is the largest Archipelago in the world?
- Did you know, that if you could spend only 1 day on each island of Indonesia, you would need 48 years to see all of them? (transportation between islands not counted)
- Did you know, that on the 17.508 islands, only 6.000 have a name, and only 1.000 are inhibited?
- Did you know, that there are 25% of the world coral reefs in Indonesia?
- Did you know, that on the 4.500 species of reef fishes existing in the oceans worlwide, around 3.500 of them have been identified in Indonesia?
- Did you know, that Indonesia has the biggest underwater biodiversity in the world?
- Did you know, that Indonesia is the 2nd largest global biodiversity (water + land + air) after Brazil?
After considering all these astonishing facts, don’t you think this country deserves to be more known by the general public, and should have a much better reputation worldwide?
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Yeah, I agree. It’s a great country we have! We should be proud of this country. Btw, where’d you get all those facts? Interesting. I wanna use’em sometimes. Hehe.
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I totally agree with you. That is one great country.
But as you mentioned over and over again in your previous post, we have some issues.
Until those issues are resolved by us the younger generation of the population, those amazing things will not be fully appreciated, don’t you think?
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I’d like to see the results of those facts in 5 years time, judging by the way Indonesians ‘look after’ the country, it’s no wonder that all those natural resources will just go to waste. I’m so pessimistic.
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I love Indonesia (Yeah I know … its cliche)
But its true … we have lots of potential as a nation …
1. The most democratic election in Asia (yes we still learning stage, but we are ahead), especially ASEAN … (Unless we will have war and conflict when power is change)
2. Idealistic and proud young generation , that waiting for a change to explode …
I believe in Indonesia.
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Actually I think Canada has the longest coastline in the world. But I won’t tell if u dont hehe.
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250 million people who are feeling sick of its government.
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This list suggests that the core of Indonesia and it’s treasures have submerged. A splendid submarine life. Now I understand an earlier post on five stars underwater accommodations.
But what about this: It’s forbidden not to have a religion.
It makes me wonder. Does that also mean: forbidden not to be religious? And in what way do the authorities check the individual level of religiousness? Is there a kind of mind police?
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when I post a picture of sunset in Tanah Lot on my photoblog, a blogger from Portugal drop a comment
“This isn´t fair … you got all the beauty of a charming landscape to get a fantastic photo and left us nothing.”
I smiled, yeah, I guess he’s right.
Then I wonder something ,, this year was supposed to be Visit Indonesia Year 2008, but why our national air aviation (such as Garuda and Mandala) promoting uniquely Singapore on newspaper rather than “fly with us to Taman Bunakan/Danau Toba/Kerimutu/ any beautiful places we have, you name it…)
is it a “fun fact’ or what
just wondering…? :).
PS : I love your writings
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Wow.. Great blog u have here, very informative and Indonesian-oriented… I’ll link up to you. Thanx for the visit to my blog anyway.
Here is another fact for you to add up:
Out of more than 240,000,000 people in Indonesia, only 5,000 of them are doctorate degree holders!
(I’m definitely not included in that 5,000 ppl group, lol)
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Mau menambah tentang yang “kepulauan terbesar” ini
Did you know, that there are 17.508 islands in Indonesia, which is the largest Archipelago in the world?
Berdasarkan ini:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago_Sea
Tampaknya data “kepulauan terbesar” masih perlu diperdebatkan. Kalau hanya menghitung pulau besar (luas > 1Km2), jumlah pulau di kepulauan di laut Baltik ini hanya 257, namun kalau pulau kecil (biasanya pulau karang) ikut dihitung, jumlah pulaunya menjadi 50 ribuan.
pulau-pulau di indonesia sulit dihitung secara bersamaan karena adanya proses pasang surut.
Banyak pulau yang memiliki luas < 1 ha.
Dengan citra satelit resolusi tinggi pun tidak semua pulau bisa dihitung secara tepat karena ada yang bakal tenggelam secara temporer.
Yup.. i know
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