Indonesia

Flag Meaning  White stands for peace and honesty.  Red stands for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valour.

Info About Indonesia  Location- Southeast part of Asia.  Population-242,968,342  Capital-Jakarta  Total area-741,096sq. Miles  Border Countries- Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, East Timor, and Australia.

Population*****

Current President!!!!!!!!!  Indonesia’s presidents name is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. He is the 6 th president and the current one now. He was born on September 9 th, 1949.

Current President

5 th president  The 5 th presidents name was Megawati Sukarnoputri. She was the president from 2001 to she was born on January 23 rd, 1947 in Yogyakarta.

5 th President

Islands*****  Indonesia has 17,000 islands and 6,000 are inhabited. The largest islands are Sumatra, Java, Bali being the most popular, Kalimantan, and a lot more.

Island Pictures Sumatra  Java  Bali

Food

Languages  Indonesia people speak English which is known as “Basha” in Indonesia. The island Bali speaks Basha, English, Dutch, and many other local languages.

People

Natural Disasters OOOOn December 26th, 2004a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Indonesia.

Indonesia Tsunami

AAAAlso, Indonesia was hit by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake early on Monday, April 4th.

Indonesian Animals IIIIndonesia’s islands have many different types of animals. Like Komodo island has the komodo dragon. Indonesia’s most famous animal is the orangutan.

Komodo Dragon

Animal Pictures

Birds  Indonesia has 600 species of birds.

Indonesian Birds

Nature  140 species of mammals were identified by the UNC as threatened. And 15 were identified as critically endangered.

 Indonesia has a lot of plant life. There are more than 3,000 species of trees and 40,000 species of flowers. Including the monster flower.

Country Flower

Info on the country Flowers  Indonesia has three country flowers.

Rafflesia Arnoldii  It is found in the rainforest of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3ft wide across and weigh up from 15 to 25 pounds.

More Rafflesia Arnoldii WWWWhen Rafflesia Arnoldii is in bloom it emits a smell that is similar to the smell of rotting flesh .

How it got its name.  In 1818 two guys named Sir Stamford Raffle and Dr. Joseph Arnold discovered the plant. The monster flowers real name is the Rafflesia Arnold. It’s the worlds largest flower.

Inside of Rafflesia

*Famous People*  Maria Walanda Maramis was born in Kemah, North Sulawesi, on December 1 st 1872.

DDDDr. Sam Ratulangi was born on November 5th He is considered to be a hero.

 Robert Wolter Monginsidi was born in Malalayang on February 14 th 1925.

Music

The most popular form of Indonesian music is gamelan which is a type of percussion music. The most popular form of Indonesian music is gamelan which is a type of percussion music.

Sports  Indonesia plays all types of sports like, stone jumping in Nias, Badminton and Football( soccer).

Ping Pong Team

Polo Team

Famous Land Marks  The Komodo National Park, founded in 1980 and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in The Manado Dive Resort is just a place to be to experience Indonesian exotic scuba diving.

Komodo National Park

The Borobudur

The Manado Dive Resort

Interesting fact about Indonesia  Did you Know that Indonesia has fish that climb trees to catch insects and spiders.  Did you know that Indonesia has the fifth largest population in the world.  Did you know that Indonesia, Java is one of the earliest places in the world where ape-man lived.

Java ape-man Skull

Tree Climbing Fish

Things to do  You could go to the Ragunan Zoo. It is located in Pasar Minggu, Indonesia.  You could also see Mount Bromo. It is located in East Java.

Mount Bromo