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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