Indonesia (
i// IN-də-NEE-zhə or
// IN-doh-NEE-zee-ə), officially the
Republic of Indonesia (
Indonesian:
Republik Indonesia Indonesian
pronunciation: [rɛpublik
ɪndonesia]), is a
sovereign state in
Southeast Asia and
Oceania. Indonesia is an
archipelago comprising
13,466 islands.
[6] It encompasses
33
provinces and
1 Special Administrative Region (for
being governed by a pre-colonial monarchy) with over 238 million people,
making it the world's fourth
most populous country.
Indonesia's republic form of government comprises an elected legislature and
president. The nation's capital city is
Jakarta. The country shares land borders with
Papua New Guinea,
East Timor, and
Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include
Singapore, the
Philippines,
Australia,
Palau, and the Indian territory of the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Indonesia is a founding member of
ASEAN and a member of
the
G-20 major
economies. The
Indonesian economy is the world's
16th largest by nominal GDP.
More at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia
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