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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia), is a nation of islands consisting of almost 18,000 islands located in the South East Asian Archipelago. From the city of Sabang to Merauke to east about 5000 km and from the Island of Miangas to the Islands of Rote to south about 1000 km, Indonesia respects its diversity with the motto Bhineka Tunggal Ika or "Unity in Diversity". Jakarta, the nation's capital city is located on island of Java, which is one of the five most populated Indonesian islands, along with Sumatra, Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi and New Guinea.

Since the seventeenth century, the archipelago has been inhabited by the Portuguese, Dutch and British, mainly for exploration and trading. Later, these countries demanded more than just spices and started colonising Indonesia. The Dutch ruled Indonesia for more than 300 years and in 1942, the Japanese arrived in Indonesia and ruled for three years.

Indonesia declared its independence from the Japanese on August 17, 1945. The country has more than 200 million citizens and is the most populous Muslim-majority nation. Currently, Indonesia is trying to recover after a series of disasters such as the 2004 Tsunami and 2006 Java earthquake.

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.. that at Ijen volcano complex, tens of sulfur mining workers carry 70–100 kilograms of highly concentrated sulfuric rocks, that were picked up by hands, from the caldera to the crater rim (200 metres away) daily.
... that in 1664 Run, one of the Banda Islands, and then held by the British, was considered so valuable by the Dutch, that they gave up a Dutch North Atlantic colony - an island known as Manhattan - in exchange for Run.
... that Bunaken (pic) is one of the most popular underwater vacation destinations in Indonesia? And that it has around 70 genera of corals compared to 10 in Hawaii?
... that the westernmost island of Indonesia, Weh Island, is the only known habitat of the threatened toad species, Bufo valhallae, according to IUCN list? The island is also known for its coral reef and the 21st finding of the rare and unusual megamouth shark in 2004.
... that one possible origin of the name of Krakatau is based on a linguistic misinterpretation of kaga' tau; meaning I don't know in Betawi language. Once, a captain ship asked a local inhabitant the island's name, and he replied "kaga' tau!".