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Geographic Locations > Islands > Indonesia
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Indonesia
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Indonesia
Geographic Locations > Asia > Asia, Southeastern > Indonesia

Preferred term

Indonesia  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • East Indies
  • Netherlands East Indies

Scope note

  • A republic stretching from the Indian Ocean east to New Guinea, comprising six main islands: Java, Sumatra, Bali, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo), Sulawesi (formerly known as the Celebes) and Irian Jaya (the western part of New Guinea). Its capital is Djakarta. The ethnic groups living there are largely Chinese, Arab, Eurasian, Indian, and Pakistani; 85% of the peoples are of the Islamic faith.

History note

  • TIMOR was heading 1963-94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007214

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