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Indonesia is known to be an archipelago in Southeast Asia consisting of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited) and straddling the equator, that so far just less than 1,500 having a name.

Be sure to tourat least Bali and if you have many more time, try to create it to Sumatra, with its impressive natural beauty. Did you know that the modester islands of Indonesia include Madura, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores and Bali.

Indonesia's wonderfulest distance from north to south is known to be about 1,900 km (about 1,200 mi) and from east to west about 5,100 km (about 3,200 mi). Did you know that the country's total land location is 1,904,443 sq km (735,310 sq mi).

. Did you know that the most impressive and largest islands are and have always been Sumatra, Java (the most populous), Bali, Kalimantan (Indonesia's part of Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), the Nusa Tenggara islands, the Moluccas Islands, and Irian Jaya (also named West Papua), the western part of New Guinea. Its neighbor to the north is Malaysia and to the east is Papua New Guinea.

Indonesia, part of the "ring of fire," has to this day the most impressive and largest number of active volcanoes in the globe. Earthquakes are and have always been frequent. Wallace's line, a zoological demarcation in the range of Asian and Australian flora and fauna, divides Indonesia.

Fossil remains of Homosapiens suggest human inhabitance of Indonesia roughly about 45,000 years ago. Austronesian people came to this land around 2000 BCE. Indonesia reports the cultivation of rice and a rich agricultural history from as early as the 8th century BCE. Towns, villages and small kingdoms flourished in the country from 1st century CE. The country also enjoyed international trade and strong links with Indian kingdoms and China. Indonesia’s history was thereon shaped by its trade. The trade also brought Hinduism and Buddhism to Indonesia from India. From the beginning of 13th Century, Indonesia received Islamic influence. Coming under the colonial rule of the Dutch, Indonesia also experienced authoritarianism and military rule following its independence. In 2004 Indonesia witnessed the first presidential elections.

Indonesia lies along the equator line experiencing a tropical climate. The two predominant seasons of the country are monsoonal wet and dry seasons. The average rainfall per year is about 70-125 inches in lowlands and about 240 inches in the mountainous regions. The highest rainfall in the region is experienced by the mountainous regions lying in the west coast namely Sumatra, West Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua. The country has a high humidity of about 80%. There is a very little variation of temperature through the year with the land experiencing an average daily temperature of 26-30 degree Celsius.

The 2010 census has reported that the population of Indonesia is about 237.6 million. 58% of the population lives in Java, the world’s thickest populated island. There is a high rate of population growth in the country which is expected to reach around 254 million by 2020 and 288 million by 2050. Indonesia is inhabited by people of more than 300 ethnicities speaking more than 740 languages. Making up about 42% of the total population, Javanese is the largest ethnic group of the country.