Indonesia comprises around 17,508 islands that extend 5,150 km all across, right from the east to the west. These beautiful mountains are dotted with green rainforests. Some of these mountains though are known to have active volcanoes.
Indonesia is also known as one of the worlds largest archipelagic state. An archipelago simply means a group of islands. Archipelagos are generally found in the open sea. Archipelagos are also generally volcanic in nature.
Indonesia is also known as the world's most thickly populated country. In 2007, the estimated figures were around 234 million people.
Indonesia is also known as the largest Islamic country. Around 87 percent of the population consists of Muslims. This has not been declared officially though.
Another interesting fact about Indonesia remains to be that this place has quite a diverse culture and one can see around 580 languages and dialects being used out here.
Amongst the mind-boggling 17,508 islands that comprise Indonesia, around 6,000 are inhabited in reality. The largest islands of Indonesia are - Java, Sumatra, New Guinea, Sulawesi and Kalimantan.
Indonesia also has numerous active volcanoes and people out here also have to be prepared due to the frequent number of earthquakes.
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