Indonesia Description

Indonesia - the country of mysticism and mystery, colorful ceremonies and rituals, clean clear lakes, mangrove swamps and impenetrable jungle, majestic mountains and beautiful lagoons with natural beaches. This ancient temples and palaces, a mixture of languages and civilizations, captivating southern sun, a lot of wonderful colors, smells of oriental spices, rice terraces and tea plantations, existing geysers and volcanoes. Each of the islands of the archipelago has its own special way, differing customs, unique culture and incredible wealth of exotic flora and fauna.

Indonesia - the state with total area of 1904.5 thousand square kilometers. km., is located in South-East Asia, occupying most of the Malay Archipelago. The country consists of nearly 14 thousand islands, including such large island groups, as Big Sunda (Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, Madura, etc.) and Nusa Tenggara and Maluku Islands and the western part of New Guinea (Irian Jaya), and only half of them inhabited. On land borders with Malaysia, Indonesia, W. Timor, and Papua New Guinea, on the sea - with Australia, Singapore, Philippines, etc. On the north and east of Indonesia is washed by the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, the south and west - the Indian Ocean.

The relief of the country is extremely varied - from the barely rising above the water, the tiny islands of the eastern periphery, to the mountainous regions of Java, New Guinea and Bali (about half the country consists of mountains), with a highly fragmented terrain and lots of volcanoes (some 400, of which 200 - current) . Volcanic activity is quite high. About two thirds of the entire country is covered with tropical rain forests, wetlands, and often represent a huge tropical swamps, there are also vast tracts of woodlands and savannah.

Capital - Jakarta.