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About Indonesia
Indonesia is an archipelago of 13,500 islands located in south-east Asia
between Malaysia and Australia. It occupies a total area of 1,919,400 sq
km of which 1,826,440 sq km is on land. It has a strategic location along
major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean. Natural resources
include petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile
soils, coal, gold and silver. Indonesia has occasional floods, severe
droughts, tsunamis and deforestation.
Indonesia is a mixed economy with many socialist institutions and central
planning but with a recent emphasis on deregulation and private enterprise.
Indonesia has extensive natural wealth. Agriculture, including forestry and
fishing, is an important sector, accounting for almost 20% of GDP and over
50% of the labor force.
The staple crop is rice. Once the world's largest rice importer, Indonesia is
now nearly self-sufficient. Plantation crops - rubber and palm oil - and
textiles and plywood are being encouraged for both export and job
generation. Industrial output is now based on a supply of diverse natural
resources, including crude oil, natural gas, timber, metals, and coal. Of
these, the oil sector dominates the external economy.
Indonesia has 6,964 km of railroads, 119,500 km of highways and 21,579
km of inland waterways. The ports are in Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta,
Kupang, Palembang, Ujungpandang, Semarang and Surabaya.
between Malaysia and Australia. It occupies a total area of 1,919,400 sq
km of which 1,826,440 sq km is on land. It has a strategic location along
major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean. Natural resources
include petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile
soils, coal, gold and silver. Indonesia has occasional floods, severe
droughts, tsunamis and deforestation.
Indonesia is a mixed economy with many socialist institutions and central
planning but with a recent emphasis on deregulation and private enterprise.
Indonesia has extensive natural wealth. Agriculture, including forestry and
fishing, is an important sector, accounting for almost 20% of GDP and over
50% of the labor force.
The staple crop is rice. Once the world's largest rice importer, Indonesia is
now nearly self-sufficient. Plantation crops - rubber and palm oil - and
textiles and plywood are being encouraged for both export and job
generation. Industrial output is now based on a supply of diverse natural
resources, including crude oil, natural gas, timber, metals, and coal. Of
these, the oil sector dominates the external economy.
Indonesia has 6,964 km of railroads, 119,500 km of highways and 21,579
km of inland waterways. The ports are in Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta,
Kupang, Palembang, Ujungpandang, Semarang and Surabaya.