Uniquely Indonesia
Do You Know This? Some Facts about Indonesia,,,
This
thing right here, is some of the common facts, about Indonesia. We can
say it unique because those things are only happened ini Indonesia.
And some of them are literally recognition of Indonesia, that the world
should know.
Common Facts of Indonesia
Common Facts of Indonesia
 |
| Indonesian Map |
1. Indonesia has more than 400 volcanoes, and 130 of them are active volcanoes.
Some of the volcano is located on the seabed and it is not visible from
sea level . Indonesia is the meeting place of two series of active
volcanoes (Ring of Fire). There are dozens of active faults in the
region of Indonesia.
2. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic country consisting of 17,504 islands (including 9634 islands and 6,000 unnamed islands are uninhabited). Here are 3 of the 6 largest island in the world, namely: Borneo (the third largest island in the world amply 539 460 km2), Sumatra (473,606 km2) and Papua (421,981 km2).
3. Indonesia is the largest maritime countries in the world which covered with water in area of 93 thousand km2 and the length of the coast about 81 thousand km2, or almost 25% of long beaches in the world.
4. Java Island is the most populous island in the world, where about 60% population of Indonesia (about 130 million people) live on the island which covers only 7% of the entire territory of Indonesia.
5. Bungin island of Sumbawa in West Nusa Tenggara, District Alas, the most populous small artificial island in the world, which more crowded from Java Island, with densities exceeding 36. 000 people/km2 density, while the density of the island of Java is only about 813 islands Bungin people/km2 or density equal to 44 times the density of the island of Java. The island's area is only 8 hectares, but has a 2.800 people for the population .
6. Indonesia is the country with the largest ethnic group in the world. There are more than 740 tribes / ethnic groups, where in Papua itself, there are 270 tribes.
7. Countries with the largest regional languages, named 583 languages and dialects of the 67 main languages used by various tribes in Indonesia. National language is Indonesian, although local languages with the largest number of users in Indonesia is the Java language.
8. Indonesia is the largest Moslem country in the world. The number of Moslems in Indonesia around 216 million people or 88% of the population of Indonesia. Also has the largest number of mosques and the State of origin of the world's largest pilgrims.
9. The Biggest Buddhist monument (temple) in the world is a temple of Borobudur in Central Java with a height 42 meters (10 levels) and long relief more than 1 km. It needs over 40 years to built, by a dynasties in the ancient Mataram kingdom (750-850).
10. The first discovery place of oldest anciet man in the world, namely: Pithecanthropus Erectus . They was lived there about 1.8 million years ago.
11. Republic of Indonesia was the first country that was born after the end of World War II in 1945. It is one of the 70 oldest country in the world.
12. Indonesia is the first country (until now only one) that ever came out of the United Nations (UN) on the date January 7, 1965. But they join back into the United Nations in 1966.
13. Indonesian badminton team is the most frequent badminton championship men's category winner of supremacy, Thomas Cup, which is about 13 x (the first time last years 1958 & 2002).
14. Indonesia is the largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world (20% of world supply) is also the second largest tin producer.
15. Indonesia has 1st ranked in agricultural products, namely: Clove (cloves) and nutmeg (nutmeg), and No.2 in natural rubber (Natural Rubber) and crude palm oil (Crude Palm Oil).
16. Indonesia is the largest exporter of plywood (plywood), which is about 80% in world markets.
17. The Richest Coral Reef (18% of world total).
18. Indonesia has the most variance of shark species, which are 150 species.
19. The biggest Biodiversity Orchid in the world: six thousand species of orchids, ranging from the largest (or Grammatophyllum speciosum Tiger Orchid) to the smallest (Taeniophyllum, which is not leafy), including the rare Black Orchid and only found in Papua.
20. Having the world's largest mangrove forest. This plant is useful to prevent sea water erosion / abrasion.
21. Endangered animals on the island of Komodo dragons left (NTT), is the largest lizard species in the world with an average body length reaches up to 3.13 meters and weighing up to 165 kg.
22. Rafflesia Arnoldi which grows in Sumatra is the largest flower in the world. When the flowers bloom, reaching 1 meter in diameter.
23. Having the world's smallest primate, the Pygmy Tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) or also called Mount Tarsier length is only 10 cm. Animals like monkeys and their lives above the tree have in Sulawesi.
24. The discovery place of the world's longest snake, Python Reticulates, which length of 10 meters in Sulawesi.
25. The world's smallest fish found recently in
the muddy swamps of Sumatra. It has 7.9 mm long as adults or more or
less equal mosquitoes. Fish body was transparent and did not have a bone
head.
26. The world's best spa in the world, is the island of Bali, Best Spa award from Senses Magazine which obtained in Europe. Claimed as many as 60,000 readers of Bali as The Best Destination Spa in the World 2009.
27. Indonesia became the country with the number of banks and financial institutions based on Islamic system in the world . This is proven by the presence of 33 banks, 46 insurance agencies, and 17 mutual funds that follow Islamic system for the first half of 2009.
28. Since 2006 Indonesia has become the largest palm oil producer in the world, which its production in 2006 could reach 16 million tons per year. With Malaysia, Indonesia controlled almost 90% of world palm oil production.
29. Lampung pineapple exports in 2008 was ranked the world's second largest .
30. The Original community site of Indonesia, www.kaskus.us , that made in Indonesia was ranked for the most frequently visited by top-9 position to the Indonesian site based on Alexa ranking (240.409 data).
31. Pekalongan Batik Lovers Society was awarded by the Guinness World Records in 2005 after successfully making batik fabric square along the 1,200 meters (equivalent to 12,916 feet) by 1.000 following the batik coloring writing within one day.
32. One of the 4 golden dome mosque in the world found in Indonesia. The following names and place of the golden dome mosque 1. Masjid Jame 'Asr or Mosque Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, 2. Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq, 3. As Sakhrah Qubbah Mosque / Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Palestine, 4. Masjid Dian Al Mahri in Depok, Indonesia.
33. Indonesia as a country with a highest facebook users growth rate in southeast asia. In 2008, facebook users in Indonesia grew 645 percent to beat China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.
34. Based on www.internetworldstats.com, Internet users in Indonesia grew more 1.150.0% in the last 10 years. In 2008, the total Internet users reached 25 million with a population of 237,512,355 inhabitants.
35. “Pasar Tanah Abang“ is the biggest textile central and clothing sales market in Southeast Asia.
2. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic country consisting of 17,504 islands (including 9634 islands and 6,000 unnamed islands are uninhabited). Here are 3 of the 6 largest island in the world, namely: Borneo (the third largest island in the world amply 539 460 km2), Sumatra (473,606 km2) and Papua (421,981 km2).
3. Indonesia is the largest maritime countries in the world which covered with water in area of 93 thousand km2 and the length of the coast about 81 thousand km2, or almost 25% of long beaches in the world.
4. Java Island is the most populous island in the world, where about 60% population of Indonesia (about 130 million people) live on the island which covers only 7% of the entire territory of Indonesia.
5. Bungin island of Sumbawa in West Nusa Tenggara, District Alas, the most populous small artificial island in the world, which more crowded from Java Island, with densities exceeding 36. 000 people/km2 density, while the density of the island of Java is only about 813 islands Bungin people/km2 or density equal to 44 times the density of the island of Java. The island's area is only 8 hectares, but has a 2.800 people for the population .
 |
| Borobudur Temple, the Magic of Ancient Handwork |
7. Countries with the largest regional languages, named 583 languages and dialects of the 67 main languages used by various tribes in Indonesia. National language is Indonesian, although local languages with the largest number of users in Indonesia is the Java language.
8. Indonesia is the largest Moslem country in the world. The number of Moslems in Indonesia around 216 million people or 88% of the population of Indonesia. Also has the largest number of mosques and the State of origin of the world's largest pilgrims.
9. The Biggest Buddhist monument (temple) in the world is a temple of Borobudur in Central Java with a height 42 meters (10 levels) and long relief more than 1 km. It needs over 40 years to built, by a dynasties in the ancient Mataram kingdom (750-850).
10. The first discovery place of oldest anciet man in the world, namely: Pithecanthropus Erectus . They was lived there about 1.8 million years ago.
11. Republic of Indonesia was the first country that was born after the end of World War II in 1945. It is one of the 70 oldest country in the world.
12. Indonesia is the first country (until now only one) that ever came out of the United Nations (UN) on the date January 7, 1965. But they join back into the United Nations in 1966.
 |
| Komodo Dragon, one of the seven magic wonders in the world |
13. Indonesian badminton team is the most frequent badminton championship men's category winner of supremacy, Thomas Cup, which is about 13 x (the first time last years 1958 & 2002).
14. Indonesia is the largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world (20% of world supply) is also the second largest tin producer.
15. Indonesia has 1st ranked in agricultural products, namely: Clove (cloves) and nutmeg (nutmeg), and No.2 in natural rubber (Natural Rubber) and crude palm oil (Crude Palm Oil).
16. Indonesia is the largest exporter of plywood (plywood), which is about 80% in world markets.
17. The Richest Coral Reef (18% of world total).
18. Indonesia has the most variance of shark species, which are 150 species.
19. The biggest Biodiversity Orchid in the world: six thousand species of orchids, ranging from the largest (or Grammatophyllum speciosum Tiger Orchid) to the smallest (Taeniophyllum, which is not leafy), including the rare Black Orchid and only found in Papua.
20. Having the world's largest mangrove forest. This plant is useful to prevent sea water erosion / abrasion.
21. Endangered animals on the island of Komodo dragons left (NTT), is the largest lizard species in the world with an average body length reaches up to 3.13 meters and weighing up to 165 kg.
22. Rafflesia Arnoldi which grows in Sumatra is the largest flower in the world. When the flowers bloom, reaching 1 meter in diameter.
23. Having the world's smallest primate, the Pygmy Tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) or also called Mount Tarsier length is only 10 cm. Animals like monkeys and their lives above the tree have in Sulawesi.
24. The discovery place of the world's longest snake, Python Reticulates, which length of 10 meters in Sulawesi.
 |
| Rafflesia Arnoldi, the Biggest Flower in the world |
26. The world's best spa in the world, is the island of Bali, Best Spa award from Senses Magazine which obtained in Europe. Claimed as many as 60,000 readers of Bali as The Best Destination Spa in the World 2009.
27. Indonesia became the country with the number of banks and financial institutions based on Islamic system in the world . This is proven by the presence of 33 banks, 46 insurance agencies, and 17 mutual funds that follow Islamic system for the first half of 2009.
28. Since 2006 Indonesia has become the largest palm oil producer in the world, which its production in 2006 could reach 16 million tons per year. With Malaysia, Indonesia controlled almost 90% of world palm oil production.
29. Lampung pineapple exports in 2008 was ranked the world's second largest .
30. The Original community site of Indonesia, www.kaskus.us , that made in Indonesia was ranked for the most frequently visited by top-9 position to the Indonesian site based on Alexa ranking (240.409 data).
31. Pekalongan Batik Lovers Society was awarded by the Guinness World Records in 2005 after successfully making batik fabric square along the 1,200 meters (equivalent to 12,916 feet) by 1.000 following the batik coloring writing within one day.
32. One of the 4 golden dome mosque in the world found in Indonesia. The following names and place of the golden dome mosque 1. Masjid Jame 'Asr or Mosque Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, 2. Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq, 3. As Sakhrah Qubbah Mosque / Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Palestine, 4. Masjid Dian Al Mahri in Depok, Indonesia.
33. Indonesia as a country with a highest facebook users growth rate in southeast asia. In 2008, facebook users in Indonesia grew 645 percent to beat China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.
34. Based on www.internetworldstats.com, Internet users in Indonesia grew more 1.150.0% in the last 10 years. In 2008, the total Internet users reached 25 million with a population of 237,512,355 inhabitants.
35. “Pasar Tanah Abang“ is the biggest textile central and clothing sales market in Southeast Asia.
source : http://indonesia4allnation.blogspot.com/
0 Comments