Monday, 24 June 2013

Border and Geography Indonesia Location


Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia which has 13 487 large and small islands, about 6,000 of which are uninhabited, which spread around the equator , which gives tropical weather. The position of Indonesia is located at coordinates 6 ° N - 11 ° 08 ' LS and from 95 ° ' BT - 141 ° 45 ' BT and is located between two continents namely continents Asia and continental Australia / Oceania .
Indonesia's territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean . Indonesia's land area is 1,922,570 km ² and 3,257,483 km ² vast waters. Is the most populous island of Java, where half the Indonesian population reside. Indonesia consists of five large islands, namely: Java with an area of 132.107 km ², Sumatera with an area of 473 606 km ², Borneo with an area of 539 460 km ², Sulawesi, with an area of 189 216 km ², and Papua with an area of 421,981 km ². Boundaries of the archipelago of Indonesia measured using the territorial sea: 12 nautical miles and an exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles , the direction of winds, namely:
North : Country Malaysia with 1,782 km border, Singapore , the Philippines , and the South China Sea.
South : Country Australia , Timor Leste , and Indonesia Ocean .
West: Ocean Indonesia .
East: State of Papua New Guinea with a 820 km long border, Timor Leste , and the Pacific Ocean .

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