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Asia - South East
Indonesia

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President Suharto received the UN prize for poverty eradication, having reduced the percentage of the population living below the poverty line from 60% in 1970 to 11% in 1996, better than the 13% recorded in the United States. Islam came to Indonesia through the Sufis, so it was historically not by the sword, and has an introspective, mystical tradition, not the current trend towards Jihadi terrorism

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Border Nations
  • none (island nation)
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Cities
  • Jakarta (8,839,247)
  • Surabaya (2,611,506)
  • Bandung (2,288,570)
  • Medan (2,029,797)
  • Bekasi (1,993,478)
  • Tangerang (1,451,595)
  • Semarang (1,438,733)
  • Depok (1,374,903)
  • Palembang (1,342,258)
  • South Tangerang (966,037)
  • Bogor (891,467)
  • Padang (799,741)
  • Malang (790,356)
  • Pekanbaru (717,618)
  • Banjarmasin (589,115)
  • Tasikmalaya (582,423)
  • Denpasar (574,610)
  • Samarinda (574,439)
  • Cimahi (546,879)
  • Surakarta (506,397)
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Demographics
  • Population: 240,271,522
  • Life Expectancy: 70.76 years
  • Literacy: 90.4%
  • Median Age: 27.6 years
  • Suffrage: 17 years of age; universal and married persons regardless of age
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Government
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History
  • Sukarno
  • Purge of Communist Party, up to 500,000-650,000 killed (September 30, 1965-1966)
  • August 30, 1999 referendum, in which nearly 80% of Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia
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Language
  • Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay)
  • English
  • Dutch
  • local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
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News
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Religion
  • Muslim 86.1%
  • Protestant 5.7%
  • Roman Catholic 3%
  • Hindu 1.8%
  • other or unspecified 3.4%
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