B C B C Where Is Indonesia 4 The Land 6 Volcanoes 8 Wildlife 10 The People 12 Daily Life 14 Going to School 16 Working 18 Playing 20 Food 22 Holidays 24 Drama and Dance 26 Fast Facts 28 Glossary 30 To Learn More 31 Index 32
(cid:59)(cid:75)e(cid:85)e(cid:3)Is(cid:3)Indonesia(cid:35) (cid:35) Indonesia Jakarta Indian Ocean Malaysia East Timor Australia Philippines (cid:40)id(cid:3)(cid:92)o(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:78)no(cid:90)(cid:35) Indonesia includes parts of New Guinea and Borneo These are the second and third largest islands in the world 4 N E W S
Pacific Ocean Papua New Guinea Indonesia is an archipelago made up of more than 17,500 islands These islands and their surrounding waters stretch over 735,358 square miles 1,904,569 square kilometers This makes Indonesia the largest country in Southeast Asia Indonesia lies between the Indian and Pacific Oceans Malaysia and the Philippines are its neighbors to the north Papua New Guinea shares a border in the east Australia lies to the southeast The tiny country of East Timor occupies the same island as Indonesia’s West Timor Indonesia’s largest islands are Sumatra Java Kalimantan Sulawesi and Papua The crowded island of Java holds the nation’s capital Jakarta 5
