Explore Indonesia in Asia - Indonesia Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Indonesia with its capital Jakarta is located in Asia (Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean). It covers some 1,919,441 square kilometres (slightly less than three times the size of Texas) with 237,512,000 citizens. Indonesian, English, Dutch and Javanese are the official languages spoken in Indonesia (consider regional differences). Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia are bordering countries.

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About Indonesia

The topography features mostly coastal lowlands with larger islands have interior mountains. The average density of population is about 123 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with hot, humid, more moderate in highlands. Potential natural disasters are occasional floods or severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes or forest fires.

To reach someone in Indonesia dial +62 prior to a number. There are 33,958,000 installed telephones. And there are 159,248,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".id". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 127/230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 33 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Indonesia

Indonesian Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Indonesia Tourism

Jalan S Parman
Niti Mandala
Denpasar 80235
Bali

Phone: +62 361 222 387
Fax: +62 361 226 313

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Indonesia has 2 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Indonesia Unesco Heritage location overview.

Borobudur Temple Compounds

This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a...

Komodo National Park

These volcanic islands are inhabited by a population of around 5,700 giant lizards, whose appearance and aggressive behaviour have led to them being called 'Komodo dragons'. They exist nowhere else...

Lorentz National Park

Lorentz National Park (2.35 million ha) is the largest protected area in South-East Asia. It is the only protected area in the world to incorporate a continuous, intact transect from snowcap to...

Prambanan Temple Compounds

Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last of these concentric squares are three temples decorated with...

Sangiran Early Man Site

Excavations here from 1936 to 1941 led to the discovery of the first hominid fossil at this site. Later, 50 fossils of Meganthropus palaeo and Pithecanthropus erectus/Homo erectus were found...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Indonesia

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Indonesia is growing at an rate of 1.1% (or by 2,665,363 citizens). Each year 298,851 people leave this country (or 1.20 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.22%. Or an total increase of 2,964,214 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.