- Indonesia, officially republic of Indonesia (in Indonesian Republik Indonesia), island State of Southeast Asia, being a part of the Malay archipelago. Indonesia is formed by more than 13 600 islands, of which near half are uninhabited, and extends over 5 000 km of West is it, in the equatorial seas. Indonesia ncludes the islands of the Probe (Sumatra, Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Florae, Timor), a big part of the island of Borneo (Kalimantan), the island of Celebes (or Sulawesi), the archipelago of Moluques, as well as the Occidental part of the island of New Guinea ( Irian Jaya). Indonesia possesses a ground border with Malaysia, on the island of Borneo, and with Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Guinea. Maritime borders are South China Sea, sea of Celebes and Pacific Ocean in the North, the Indian Ocean on the West and in the South, and the sea of Timor in the southeast, which separates Indonesia of the North of Australia. The island of Sumatra is separated from Malacca's peninsula by the strait of Malacca, and the island of Java by the strait of the Probe. The islands of Borneo and Celebes are separated by the strait of Makassar. Indonesia has a total surface of 1 919 443 km2. The capital and most big city of the country is Jakarta..
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