My Indonesia

Indonesia, the largest archipelago and the fifth most populous nation in the world, has a total of 17,508 islands, of which about 6,000 are inhabited. Indonesia extends 3,198 miles (5,150km) between the Australian and Asian continental mainland and divides the Pacific and Indian Oceans at the Equator. With a total land area of 767,777 square miles (1,919,443 sq. km), its 190 million inhabitants are made up of 300 ethnic groups who speak an estimated 583 different languages and dialects. There are five main islands in Indonesia. These are: Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya.

Across its many islands, Indonesia consists of distinct ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. The Javanese are the largest and most politically dominant ethnic group. Indonesia has developed a shared identity defined by a national language, ethnic diversity, religious pluralism within a majority Muslim population, and a history of colonialism and rebellion against it. Indonesia's national motto, "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" ("Unity in Diversity" literally, "many, yet one"), articulates the diversity that shapes the country. However, sectarian tensions and separatism have led to violent confrontations that have undermined political and economic stability. Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support the world's second highest level of biodiversity. The country is richly endowed with natural resources, yet poverty is a defining feature of contemporary Indonesia.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Islands of Indonesia

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List of Islands of Indonesia

This is a list of islands of Indonesia. Indonesia comprises more than 17,000 islands [1] according to estimates made by the Government of Indonesia, with 922 of those permanently inhabited. The country extends from adjacent the Malay Peninsula in its west and into Melanesia in its east. According to a 2002 survey by National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia has 18,306 islands. Counting tidal islands (periodically submerged) doubles the island figure, and many islands have no name or share names, all of which makes tabulation very confusing even to the government of Indonesia.

Management of the islands sometimes includes a regency which covers a small island chain.

On September 21, 2007, an 8.4 earthquake struck Sumatra near South Pagai Island, producing a cluster of six small new islands, and enlarging others by uplift.[2] A large portion of Indonesia is seismically active; the number, size, and shape of islands continues to evolve.

Main islands

Other islands

Java

Province of Banten

Province of DKI Jakarta

  • Thousand Islands archipelago (Kepulauan Seribu) 105 islands. Only 11 islands are inhabited.

Province of Central Java

Province of East Java

Sumatra

Province of Aceh, 119 islands

Province of North Sumatra, 419 islands

  • Nias archipelago (Kepulauan Nias)
  • Hinako archipelago (Kepulauan Hinako)

Province of West Sumatra

Province of Lampung

  • Child of Krakatoa (Pulau Anak Krakatau)

Province of Riau

Province of Riau Islands, about 3,200 islands

Province of Bangka-Belitung Islands

Kalimantan

Province of East Kalimantan

Province of South Kalimantan

Province of Central Kalimantan

Province of West Kalimantan

Sulawesi

Province of North Sulawesi

Province of Central Sulawesi

Province of South Sulawesi

Province of Southeast Sulawesi

Lesser Sunda Islands

Province of Bali

Province of West Nusa Tenggara

Province of East Nusa Tenggara

Maluku

Province of Maluku

Small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea

The province of North Maluku

New Guinea

Islands on the west of the main New Guinea island

Province of West Papua

610 islands, 35 inhabited

North of New Guinea Island:

Province of Papua

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

day trip to Taman Wisata Air Panas Tirta Sanita, Bogor

2 comments Posted by minie's world at 11:05 PM

aahhh..Minie went to a trip yesterday (Sunday, July, 26th, 2009) ^^.
Minie was sooooooooooo happy..
These are the souvenir from Minie's trip ..hehe


Taman Wisata Air Panas Tirta Sanita, Bogor




This is the parking area
with a beautiful scenary
(Minie forgot to take the gate's picture...sorry ^^)


we can see the rice field inside the park



a way to the spa and this is the room.
clean enough ^^
(that was the first time for Minie, having a spa ..hehe.. and it was sooo fun ^^ )



and here we are ^^













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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Mud Cakes (Kue Lumpur)

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Mud Cakes
(Kue Lumpur)




Ingredients:

* 75 gram margarine/butter
* 250 ml water
* 150 gram flour, sifted
* 100 gram sugar
* ¼ tsp. salt
* 1 tsp. vanilla
* 6 eggs
* 450 ml thick santan from 1 coconut
* 100 gram raisins
* ½ of a young coconut, the flesh scraped out in thin slivers




Instructions:

* Melt the margarine/butter in the water, add the flour and blend it until smooth. Add the sugar, salt and vanilla. When the batter is well blended, take off the fire and cool down.
* Break the eggs one by one into the batter, beating well after each addition. Add the santan (coconut milk) little by little and beat until batter is smooth.
* Heat the mud cake molds, oil them and fill them ¾ full. Cover with their heated kuds and cook until they are half done. Open the lids and cook until they are half done. Open the lids and scatter a few raisins and coconut slivers on top.
* Cover again and continue cooking for about 5 minutes. Unmold and serve

Makes 26 cakes

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