| | Geographic Coordinates: | 5 00 S, 120 00 E | | Location: | Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean | | Area: | total: 1,919,440 sq km
land: 1,826,440 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly less than three times the size of Texas | | Land boundaries: | total: 2,830 km
border countries: East Timor 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km | | Coastline: | 54,716 km | | Terrain: | mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m | | Capital: | 30 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Irian Jaya Barat, 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, Riau, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*
note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, the 440 districts or regencies have become the key administrative units responsible for providing most government services |
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