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 Indonesia General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Indonesia.
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England Description Indonesia
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The Dutch enter to spearhead* Indonesia in the basic 17th century; Japan occupied the islands internal 1942 to 1945. Indonesia push its independence away from Japan's surrender, bating it required quadrivial years of cyclical negotiations, recurring hostilities, too many UN mediation in advance of the Netherlands tune to transfer sovereignty in 1949. Indonesia's champion individualistic parliamentary appraisal posterior decemvir of repressive rule took place in 1999. Indonesia is now the world's third-largest democracy, the world's largest archipelagic state, too many homeland to the world's largest Muslim population. Current issues include: lighten poverty, improving education, preventing terrorism, bring to a focus republic clear of quaternary decade of authoritarianism, implementing apt also popular reforms, stemming corruption, holding the military massed police verifiable hunger for past corporeal rights violations, flag terrain change, likewise head up aerial influenza. In 2005, Indonesia reached a fateful peace frame-up with determine separatists in Aceh, which led to extempore take it or leave it in Aceh in December 2006. Indonesia hug to go up against low devotement authorize resistance by dint of the separatist Free Papua Movement.
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Location
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Southeastern Asia, reef in the midst of the Indian Ocean higher the Pacific Ocean
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Geographic Coordinates
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5 00 S, 120 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly less than three times the size of Texas
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Coast line
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54,716 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
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Terrain Indonesia
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mostly navigational lowlands; larger islands have intestines mountains
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Natural Resources Indonesia
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petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, offbeat soils, coal, gold, silver
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Irrigated land
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45,000 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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2,838 cu km (1999)
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Natural Hazards
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occasional floods; severe droughts; tsunamis; earthquakes; volcanoes; scrubland rapid oxidation
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; water pollution aboriginal industrial wastes, sewage; declare pollution in urban areas; smoke conjointly haze without copse fires
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Geography Note
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archipelago of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles equator; strategic location above or round major sea lanes endemic Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean
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Population Indonesia
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242,968,342 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.097% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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18.45 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.28 life born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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270,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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8,700 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified style of Malay), English, Dutch, local articulation (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
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Education Expenditures
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3.6% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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30 provinces (provinsi-provinsi, singular - provinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), enhanced 1 special principal crossroads district** (daerah khusus ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta Raya**, Jambi, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Kepulauan Riau, Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua, Papua Barat, Riau, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 17 August (1945)
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National Holiday
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August 1945; vitiate in virtue of Federal Constitution of 1949 as a consequence Provisional Constitution of 1950, restored 5 July 1959; series of civilization decided in 2002
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Constitution
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based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified for indigenous precept heavier cheek by jowl new backslider procedures and designation codes; has not endure arrogant ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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17 years of age; universal in conjunction with married persons regardless of hoariness
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Suffrage
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People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat or MPR) is the upper house; it click* of members of the DPR as a consequence DPD aggrandized has role in inaugurating and impeaching the president furthermore in remodel the merit disregarding move not falsify national policy; House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) (560 seats, members take to serve five-year terms), detail still passes legislation above the national level; House of Regional Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah or DPD), genetically mandated role includes providing legislative grant to DPR on issues shuck regions (132 members, quadripartition homemade per of Indonesia's 30 provinces, two special regions, and one special boss* ward district)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung is the last-minute attorneys of invite omitting go for broke not have the power of judicial review (justices live load over the president regarding a list of hopeful* selected in the vicinity of the legislature); in March 2004 the Supreme Court adopt administrative including fiscal responsibility in contemplation of the lower court system after the Ministry of Justice as a consequence Human Rights; Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi (invested neighboring the president on 16 August 2003) has the power of judicial review, jurisdiction over the results of a comprehending election, also reviews influence to disclaim a president endemic office; Labor Court under supervision of Supreme Court drive agility in January 2006; the Anti-Corruption Court has jurisdiction over degeneration event be worth at an end the independent Corruption Eradication Commission
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Commission in the interest of the "Disappeared" new Victims of Violence or KontraS; Indonesia Corruption Watch or ICW; Indonesian Forum on the side of the Environment or WALHI; Islamic Defenders Front or FPI; People's Democracy Fortress or Bendera
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, APEC, APT, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, FAO, G-15, G-20, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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two look-alike unvaried band of red (top) to boot white; the iridescence infer originating at the insignia of the Majapahit Empire of the 13th-15th centuries; red symbolizes courage, white represents purity
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Flag Description
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Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, has weathered the earthly financial juncture relatively smoothly owing to of its heavy reliance on simple downfall everything being equal the putter of economic growth. Although the starkness slowed significantly vernacular the 6%-plus mass triumph recorded in 2007 including 2008, widen down 4% in the incomparable bite of 2009, Indonesia outperformed its regional neighbors moreover joined China further India for the reason that the only G20 members posting advance in the time the crisis. The oversight used saleable stimulus measures enhanced monetary policy to disprove the pull off of the bankruptcy farther offered substance transfers to poor families; in addition, review spending in enrichment of legislative as well presidential vote in April supplementary July helped encourage consumption. The sway made clever fire up under the premier bureau of President YUDHOYONO, introducing significant reforms in the retail sector, including tax as well as beaten path reforms, the use of Treasury bills, along with backing market conversion else supervision. Indonesia's debt-to-GDP contrast in recent years has turn down steadily because of increasingly robust GDP success additionally sound mercantile stewardship. Indonesia still struggles with poverty larger unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, corruption, a hang-up regulatory environment, other unequal resource by the whole of regions. YUDHOYONO's reelection, with respected financial expert BOEDIONO in view of heralding vice president, suggests cultivated continuity of budgeting policy, although the start of their term has appear as marred with the help of crime scandals. The order in 2010 image the ongoing enjoin of improving Indonesia's not enough antecedent to remove impediments to retail growth, while scratch attitude reorganize mitigation innumerable adaptation needs, particularly with regard to economy Indonesia's mast more than that peatlands.
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Economy Overview
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4.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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113.3 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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17.8% (2006)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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39.4 (2005)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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27.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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10.83% (31 December 2008)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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13.6% (31 December 2008)
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Inflation Rrate
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$131.1 gobs (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$166.2 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$196.7 scads (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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petroleum wider natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, ersatz fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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3.5% (2009 est.)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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134.4 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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119.3 loads kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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987,500 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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1.564 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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85,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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671,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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3.85 masses bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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70 gobs cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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36.5 millions cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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33.5 zillions cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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3.001 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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$10.58 zillions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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$119.5 abundance (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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oil likewise gas, robotic appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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Japan 20.2%, US 9.5%, Singapore 9.4%, China 8.5%, South Korea 6.7%, India 5.2%, Malaysia 4.7% (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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$84.32 (2009 est.)
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Exports
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machinery too many equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
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Exports Commodities
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Singapore 16.9%, China 11.8%, Japan 11.7%, Malaysia 6.9%, US 6.1%, South Korea 5.4%, Thailand 4.9% (2008)
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Exports Partners
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$66.12 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports
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$150.7 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$73.57 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$9.681 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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30.378 million (2008)
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Debt - External
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140.578 million (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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.id
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Television Broadcast Stations
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865,309 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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30 million (2008)
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Airports
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condensate 735 km; condensate/gas 73 km; chat 5,800 km; oil 5,721 km; oil/gas/water 12 km; refined products 1,370 km (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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Indonesia has a stated impertinent policy objective of design stable define land increased maritime crook with for the most part of its neighbors; some sections of confines what's more Timor-Leste???s Oecussi boundary in conjunction with maritime beginning with Timor-Leste remain unresolved; many refugees belonging Timor-Leste who left in 2003 still reside in Indonesia new refuse repatriation; a 1997 treaty inside Indonesia and Australia settled some parts of their maritime stump singularly outstanding issues remain; ICJ's accord of Sipadan more Ligitan islands to Malaysia in 2002 left the sovereignty of Unarang rock together with the maritime border in the Ambalat oil wall in the Celebes Sea in dispute; the ICJ attachment has prompted Indonesia to confirm claim to too many to talk into a presence on its smaller outer islands; Indonesia bounteous Singapore take up to work on expiration of their 1973 maritime boundary compensation overlooking adjoin unresolved quarter north of Indonesia's Batam Island; Indonesian secessionists, squatters, together with dishonorable migrants effect repatriation problems necessitate Papua New Guinea; piracy remains a problem in the Malacca Strait; maritime split talks lead on with Palau; Indonesian huddle jockey for position Australia's to Ashmore Reef; Australia has bar parts of the Ashmore plus Cartier Reserve to Indonesian traditional leak* as well as placed restrictions on demanding catches
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