Indonesia




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  • Official Name: Republic of Indonesia 
  • Capital: Jakarta.
  • Total Area : 1.904.569 sq.Km(2008).
  • Administration Division: 27 provinces 2 Special Area and 1 District .
  • Declaration of Independent : 17 August 1945.
  • Official Independence :27 December 1949( From Netherlands )
  • Population:  237,6 million.(2010)
  • Annual population growth rate: 2.7%.(2010)
  •  Language: Bahasa Indonesia(Official) and  English ,Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects.
  • Large Cities : Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang, Medan.
  • Religion :  Islam 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1% (1998).
Government:(Executive)
  • Type : Independence Republic.
  • Chief of state: President Susibo Bambang Yudhoyono(2008)
  • Head of Government : President .
  • Chief of State and Head of Government elected by direct popular vote.
  • Elected to 5years terms
.Legislative 
  • The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), which includes the 560-member House of Representatives (DPR) and the 132-member Council of Regional Representatives (DPD).
  • Term : 5years .
  • Suffrage: 17 years of age universal, and married persons regardless of age.
Constitution:
  • First adopted in 1945 ,superseded in 1949 and restored in 1959.
  • Judicial : Supreme Court is the final court of appeal .
  • Constitutional Court has power of judicial review.
  • Legal system : based on a Civil Law system ,intermixed with customary law and Roman-Dutch Law.
Economy:
  • Currency : Indonesian Rupiah(RP) .
  • GDP: (2009): $539 billion; (2010): $707 billion; (2011): $834 billion
  • Annual growth rate: (2009): 4.5%; (2010): 6.1%; (2011 .): 6.5%.
  • Per capita income (2011): $4,668.1.
  • Natural resources (11.2% of GDP, 2010): Oil and gas, bauxite, silver, tin, copper, gold, coal.
  • Agriculture (15.3% of GDP, 2010): Products--timber, rubber, rice, palm oil, coffee. Land--17% cultivated.
  • Manufacturing (24.8% of GDP, 2010): Garments, footwear, electronic goods, furniture, paper products, automobiles.
  • Trade: Exports (2010)--$158 billion including oil, natural gas, crude palm oil, coal, appliances, textiles, and rubber. Major export partners--Japan, U.S., China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Republic of Korea. Imports (2010)--$136 billion including oil and fuel, food, chemicals, capital goods, consumer goods, iron and steel. Major import partners--Singapore, China, Japan, U.S., Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea.

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