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Indonesia is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is made up of over 17,000 islands and has the world's fourth largest population. Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies and declared independence from the Netherlands in 1945 after World War 2, though its struggle continued until 1949 when sovereignty was recognized.

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Indonesia is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is made up of over 17,000 islands and has the world's fourth largest population. Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies and declared independence from the Netherlands in 1945 after World War 2, though its struggle continued until 1949 when sovereignty was recognized.

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Indonesia, country located off the coast of mainland Southeast Asia in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

It is an archipelago that lies across the Equator and spans a distance equivalent to one-eighth of
Earth’s circumference. Its islands can be grouped into the Greater Sunda Islands of Sumatra
(Sumatera), Java (Jawa), the southern extent of Borneo (Kalimantan), and Celebes (Sulawesi); the
Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara) of Bali and a chain of islands that runs eastward through
Timor; the Moluccas (Maluku) between Celebes and the island of New Guinea; and the western
extent of New Guinea (generally known as Papua). The capital, Jakarta, is located near the
northwestern coast of Java. In the early 21st century Indonesia was the most populous country in
Southeast Asia and the fourth most populous in the world.

Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies). Although
Indonesia did not become the country’s official name until the time of independence, the name was
used as early as 1884 by a German geographer; it is thought to derive from the Greek indos,
meaning “India,” and nesos, meaning “island.” After a period of occupation by the Japanese (1942–
45) during World War II, Indonesia declared its independence from the Netherlands in 1945. Its
struggle for independence, however, continued until 1949, when the Dutch officially recognized
Indonesian sovereignty. It was not until the United Nations (UN) acknowledged the western segment
of New Guinea as part of Indonesia in 1969 that the country took on its present form. The former
Portuguese territory of East Timor (Timor-Leste) was incorporated into Indonesia in 1976. Following
a UN-organized referendum in 1999, however, East Timor declared its independence and became
fully sovereign in 2002.

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