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INDONESIA
YB-YH
OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Indonesia.
LOCATION:Southeast Asia, Pacific Ocean.
LAT/LONG:5S/120E
CONTINENT:Oceania.
ZONES-ITU:54 CQ:28
TIME:Java & Sumatra:+7 Hrs; Borneo & Timor:+8 Hrs; West Irian +9 Hrs.
AREA:735,355 Sq.M. 1,904,570 Sq.Km.
POPULATION:180,425,534 DENSITY:245/Sq.M. (95/Sq.Km.) AAGR:2.05%
LIFE EXPECTANCY:54
LITERACY RATE:62%
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:republic. CAPITAL:Jakarta.
LANGUAGES:Indonesian (modified form of Malay) is official; English and
Dutch are leading foreign languages; local dialects, the most widely
spoken of which is Javanese.
RELIGIONS:88% Muslim, 6% Protestant, 3% Roman Catholic, 2% Hindu,
1% other.
CURRENCY:rupiah.
GNP:$85 billion ($510 per capita) (1986 est.) REAL AVERAGE ANNUAL
GROWTH:3.6% (1981-95) REAL ANNUAL GROWTH RATE:0.0% (1986 est.).
MAJOR INDUSTRIES:petroleum, textiles, mining, cement, chemical
fertilizer, timber.
AGRICULTURE:subsistence food production; smallholder and plantation
production for export; rice, cassava, peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee,
copra, other tropical products.
EXPORTS:petroleum and liquefied natural gas, timber, rubber, coffee,
tin, animal and vegetable oils, tea, copper. ($18.6 billion).
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:741,330 telephones; 618 AM, 38 FM, 9 TV stations
(with 210 TV relays); 1 international satellite ground station
(1 Indian Ocean antenna and 1 Pacific Ocean antenna), and a domestic
satellite communications system.
COMMERCIAL POWER:127/220V; 50Hz.
NATIONAL HOLIDAY:17 August (Independence Day).
MISC:Formerly Netherlands East Indies, Indonesia is one of the great
island states of the world. It consists of more than 13,500 islands
straddling the Equator and stretching more than 3,000 miles. The island
of New Guinea is the world's 2nd largest island, Borneo is the 3rd
largest. Indonesia is one of the world's fastest growing economies. The
largest flower in the world grows there, up to 42 inches tall with a
bloom up to 36 inches across. Indonesia's Krakatau erupted in 1883 as
the largest explosion ever recorded on earth, the record still stands.
64% of the land is forested. Member of UN since 1950. Uses metric
system.
(FOR US OPS-3rd party:no ROA:yes)