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Indonesia
Index
Size: Total land area 1,919,317 square
kilometers, which
includes some 93,000 square kilometers of inland seas.
Total area
claimed, including an exclusive economic zone, 7.9 million
square
kilometers.
Topography: Archipelagic nation with 13,667
islands, five
main islands (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and
Irian Jaya),
two major archipelagos (Nusa Tenggara and Maluku Islands),
and
sixty smaller archipelagos. Islands mountainous, with some
peaks
reaching 3,800 meters above sea level in western islands
and as
high as 5,000 meters in Irian Jaya. Highest point Puncak
Jaya
(5,039 meters), in Irian Jaya. Region tectonically
unstable with
some 400 volcanoes, of which 100 are active.
Climate: Tropical, hot, humid; more moderate
climate in
highlands. Little variation in temperature because of
almost
uniformly warm waters that are part of the archipelago. In
much of
western Indonesia dry season June to September, rainy
season
December to March.
Data as of November 1992
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