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May 24, 2005
did you know?
Indonesian flag
Indonesia is/has...
- an Archipelago of more than 17,000 islands
- slightly less than three times the size of Texas
- 224 million people, making it the world's fourth-most populous nation
- represented by all major world religions, with Islam 87%, Protestant 6%, Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist and other 1%
- the official currency called Rupiah; 1 US Dollar = 9,469.91 Rupiahs
- been independent from the Netherlands since 1949
- Java island with more than 107 million people living in an area the size of New York State
- has some 400 volcanoes, with at least 70 still active
- located on, or just below the Equator
Posted by glassgirl at May 24, 2005 01:43 AM
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Hey! Nice little blurb of info there. You've been doing your homework. Here's the CIA's world fact book entry on Indonesia:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
Timo!
Posted by: fabijo at May 25, 2005 01:37 AM