This region includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines.
INDONESIA
Area: 19, 04, 570 sq. km (largest country of south East Asia)
Latitude: 5˚55’ N = 11˚ S
Longitude: 95˚ - 141˚ E
Population: 209. 3 million (most populous country of south East
Asia and the biggest Islamic nation of the world)
Capital: Jakarta
Situation: Indonesian,\,the largest country in south East
Asia lies between the Indian and the Pacific Ocean and occupies most of the Malay
archipelago or east indies.
Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world,
comprising of the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali, the Lesser Sundae
Islands group, Sulawesi, Timor and the western half of the Island of New Guinea
and many smaller group of islands.
JAVA
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Lies wholly in the southern hemisphere and is
separated from Sumatra buy sundae strait.
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Comprises one – seventh of Indonesia’s total
area, it is the most important island and the home of two out of three Indonesians.
