INDONESIA

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INDONESIA
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Geography Indonesia is an archipelago in
Southeast Asia consisting of 17,000 islands
(6,000 inhabited) and straddling the equator.
Unity in Diversity, the national motto of
Indonesia
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Area 2 million sq. km. (736,000 sq. mi.), about
three times the size of Texas Climate Equatorial
but cooler in the highlands.

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Indonesia's approximately 240.3 million people
make it the world's fourth-most populous nation.
The island of Java, roughly the size of New York
State, is the most populous island in the world
(124 million, 2005 est.) and one of the most
densely populated areas in the world.
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Bahasa Indonesia (the national language, a form
of Malay) has spread throughout the archipelago
and has become the language of most written
communication, education, government, business,
and media. Local languages are still important in
many areas, however. English is the most widely
spoken foreign language
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religious freedom apply to the six religions
recognized by the state, namely Islam (86.1),
Protestantism (5.7), Catholicism (3), Hinduism
(1.8), Buddhism (about 1), and Confucianism
(less than 1). On the resort island of Bali,
over 90 of the population practices Hinduism
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BATIK, official textile of Indonesia
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The word batik is thought to be derived from the
word 'ambatik' which translated means 'a cloth
with little dots'. The suffix 'tik' means little
dot, drop, point or to make dots.
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Tools used in batik range from wax pens to
printing blocks that are dipped in hot wax