12 FACTS ABOUT INDONESIA

Indonesia is a country that has abundant natural resources be it sea, plants, animals, and the other. and this is a 12 facts about indonesia

1.   Republic of Indonesia is the world's largest  archipelagic  country  consisting  of 17,504 islands,  including the 9634 islands that have not been given the name and 6,000uninhabited islands

2.  Indonesia has the third largest of six islands in the world, namely the island of kalimantan (the third largest island in the world with 539 460 km2 area), the island of Sumatra (473 606km2) and island of papuan (421 981 km2)

3.  Indonesia is the largest maritime country in the world with waters covering an area of ​​93 thousand km2 and the length of the coast about 81 thousand km2, or almost 25% of the length of the beach in the world.


4.  Indonesia is a country with the largest tribes in the world. There are more than 740 tribes / ethnic groups, where in Papua alone there were 270 tribes. Using 583 languages ​​anddialects of the 67 main languages ​​used by various tribes such.


5.  Indonesia is a producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world (20% of world supply) is also the second largest tin producer in the world.


6.  Indonesia has a Coral Reef (Coral Reef) richest in the world (18% of world total) and has the largest shark species in the world (150 species).


7.  Indonesia is ranked first in agricultural products, namely clove & nutmeg, and ranked second in natural rubber and crude palm oil.






8.  Indonesia is the largest exporter of plywood, which is about 80% in world markets.



9.  Indonesia has the world's largest orchid biodiversity which is about six thousand species of orchids, ranging from the largest (Grammatophyllum speciosum) to the smallest (Taeniophyllum, which no leaves), including the Black Orchid is a rare and found only in Papua.


10.  Indonesia has the world's largest mangrove forest. This plant is useful to prevent erosionby seawater or coastal erosion


11.  Ancient animals are still alive, Komodo is found only on Komodo, this beast is the largestlizard in the world. Can reach 3 meters in length and weighs 90 kg


12.  Rafflesia Arnoldi is grown on the island of Sumatra is the largest flower in the world.When the flowers bloom, reaching 1 meter in diameter.











 
 

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