PACIFIC OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
South China Sea
Sunda Straits
EQUATOR
Sumatra
Java
Bangka
Bali
Lombok
Flores
Kalimantan
Sulawesi
Papua
M
A
L
A
K
U
I
S
L
A
N
D
S
AUSTRALIA
BRUNEI
I N D O N E S I A
CAMBODIA
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
EAST TIMOR
SINGAPORE
THAILAND
VIETNAM
G
R
E
A
T
E
R
S
U
N
D
A
I
S
L
A
N
D
S
L
E
S
S
E
R
S
U
N
D
A
I
S
L
A
N
D
S
Singapore
Subaraya
Medan
Banda Aceh
Bandung
Yogyakarta
Denpasar
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Jakarta
7
TOWNS AND CITIES
More than half of the Indonesians live in the
country’s expanding towns and cities. Many
are located near the coasts. This includes
Indonesia’s capital city Jakarta and the major
port city of Surabaya. Both of which are well
situated for coastal trade.
SPOTLIGHT
ON INDONESIA
LAND AREA: 695,000 square miles (1,000,000 sq km)
• POPULATION:
2
50 million (2014) • CAPITAL CITY: Jakarta
(population: 10 million) • HIGHEST POINT: Puncak Jaya, Irian
Jaya, 4,884 m • NUMBER OF ISLANDS: 13,667; 6,000 inhabited
• LONGEST RIVER: Kapuas River (1,143 km) • NATURAL
RESOURCES: petroleum, tin, coal, timber, gold
