50 Facts About Indonesia You Never Know Before

Do you know indonesia ? Where is it located ? . You can find Indonesia easily if you look at the World Map. Indonesia is located on SouthEast Asia.

If you are 'new' about the word "indonesia", i want to make your brain remember about this heaven country. I want to tell you about 50 Facts About Indonesia You Didn't Know. Just Read and Learn :)

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world that consists of 17,504 islands (including 9634 unnamed islands and 6,000 uninhabited islands). Here are 3 of the 6 biggest island in the world, namely: Borneo (the third largest island in the world with an area of 539,460 km2), Sumatra (473,606 km2) and Papua (421,981 km2).

Indonesia is the world's largest maritime waters covering an area of 93 thousand km2 and the length of the beach about 81 thousand km2, or nearly 25% of the long beach in the world.
Java island is the most populous island in the world where almost 60% of Indonesia's population (about 130 million people) live on the island which covers only 7% of the entire territory of Indonesia.
Indonesia is the country with the largest tribes in the world. There are more than 740 tribes / ethnic, wherein in Papua alone there are 270 tribes.
The world's largest Buddhist monument (temple) is Borobudur temple in Central Java with a height of 42 meters (10 levels) and long relief of more than 1 km. It is estimated that made for 40 years by the Sailendra dynasty during the ancient Mataram kingdom (750-850).

Countries with the largest regional languages, namely, 583 languages and dialects of the 67 main languages used by various tribes in Indonesia. The national language is Indonesian although local language with the largest number of users in Indonesia is the Javanese language.
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world. The number of Muslims in Indonesia around 216 million people or 88% of the population of Indonesia. Also has a number of mosques and pilgrims home country in the world.
The discovery place of the oldest ancient human in the world, namely: Pithecanthropus Erectus coming from 1.8 million years ago.

Republic of Indonesia is the first country that was born after World War II in 1945. Indonesia is the 70th oldest country in the world.
Indonesia was the first country (until now the only one) that ever came out of the United Nations (UN) on the date of January 7, 1965. RI to join back into the UN in 1966.
Indonesian bulu tangkis team is the most winner team that get bulu tangkis men symbol of supremacy, Thomas Cup, which is about 13 x (the first time last years 1958 & 2002).
Indonesia is the biggest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world (20% of world supply) and also the second largest tin producer.
This country has natural gas reserves LARGEST IN THE WORLD! precisely in the Natuna block. How much gas content in the Natuna block? Natuna D Alpha block has gas reserved of up to 202 TRILLION cubic feet !!
This country has the largest tropical forest in the world. This tropical forest has total area 39,549,447 hectares, with the most comprehensive biodiversity and plasmanutfah in the world. It is located on the island of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Actually, if this country wants apocalypse, it is very easy for them. Cut all the trees in the forest, andt the earth will have an end. Because the earth is very dependent with this tropical forests to maintain the balance of the Amazon rainforest climate. Amazon is not strong enough to balance the Earth's climate and now they are gradually destroyed only fir a handful of people who have money to build estate and golf course. Ironic.

Indonesia ranks first in agricultural products like Cloves, Nutmeg, and No. 2 in natural rubber and crude palm oil.
Indonesia is the largest exporter of plywood, which is about 80% in the world market.
Coral Reef (Coral Reef) Indonesia is the richest (18% of the world total).
Indonesia has the most shark species, 150 species.
The Biggest Orchid Biodiversity in the World: 6 thousand species of orchids, ranging from the largest (or Grammatophyllum speciosum Tiger Orchid) to the smallest (Taeniophyllum, with no leaves), including the rare black orchid and only in Papua.

Has the largest mangrove forest in the world. This plant is useful to prevent sea water erosion / abrasion.
Ancient animals were still alive: Komodo which is only found on the island of Komodo, NTT. It is the largest lizard in the world. Its length can reach 3 meters and weighs 90 kg.
Rafflesia Arnoldii which grows in Sumatra is the largest flower in the world. When the flowers bloom, its reaching one meter in diameter.
Has the world's smallest primate, the Pygmy Tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) or Mount Tarsier that have only 10 cm length. This animals looks like monkeys , they live on the tree in Sulawesi.
The Discovery place of the world's longest snake, Python Reticulates along 10 meters in Sulawesi.
The world's smallest fish found recently in the muddy swamps of Sumatra. 7.9 mm long when mature or approximately have same size as mosquitoes. This fish body is transparent and has no bone heads.