The Worldwide 7 Facts About Indonesia

Many problems and negative views that are being faced by Indonesia , including on the world of politics , security and the welfare of its people influence the government and the country 's image in the eyes of the Indonesian people themselves as well as internationally . But in fact , just to remember that our country is a very rich country and potentially , either from natural resources or of native culture such as the state with the tribes , nations , and languages ​​in the world.

Here are the following 7 facts about Indonesian worldwide .

1 .The first fact is that Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world . There are 17,504 islands , of which 9,634 islands yet to be named and 6 thousand islands are uninhabited . It Is increasingly amazed that 3 of the 6 largest island in the world located in Indonesia Those are  Kalimantan, Sumatra and Sulawesi . Aside from being an archipelago , Indonesia is also famous as the largest maritime country in the world . Just imagine, the vast waters of Indonesia reached 93,000 km length of the coast and around 81 thousand km ² , or nearly 25% of the long beaches in the world .



2 .The world has acknowledged that Indonesia has natural resources which are many and varied . With an area of ​​39,549,447 hectares of forest on the island of Sumatra , Kalimantan , and Sulawesi are biodiversity and germplasm comprehensive in the world . If the forest is lost then the earth will be destroyed because it is highly dependent on the earth's tropical forests to preserve the climate balance , in addition sustained by the rainforests in the Amazon . It was proved that the earth and the survival of all creatures in the world rely on Indonesia . In addition, Indonesia also has the largest mangrove forest in the world . Mangrove plants are useful to prevent sea water from erosion or abrasion .


3 .Indonesian marine natural wealth was also remarkable . That is the presence of most shark species in the world that is around 150 species , the presence of the smallest fish in the world precisely in Sumatra body length 7.9 mm , transparent , and no bony head . Indonesia also has the largest and beautiful coral reefs and called triangle coral , but 65 % of 75,000 km ² of the triangle coral in the world located in Indonesia. That is why Indonesia accounts for 18 % of coral reefs to marine world .

4 .Coffee is a beverage that are preferred all over the world . And the coffee is recognized worldwide as the best coffee because it tastes good as well as a coffee civet coffee is the most expensive . Brazil may be the largest country of producing coffee while Indonesia came in third , but the civet (luwak) coffee is originally produced by  Indonesia . Although expensive , it is much in the phenomenal coffee seeking mainly by coffee lovers .



5 .We certainly know the famous fashion products worldwide GUCCI from Italy . Newsletter subscription products public figure is apparently using woven fabrics from Indonesia as the raw material . This implies that the woven cloth from Indonesia has been recognized by the world . Such as woven fabrics worldwide , it also has a lot of Indonesian people who work for the world . One of them , namely , Ir . Murdijad Ahmad , an Indonesian citizen who was living in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia for a dozen years it was the designer of the tower Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia which is the fourth highest tower in the world .

6 .Next is the fact that many ancient relics which turned out to be in Indonesia . In the animal kingdom there are dragons/komodo which is the largest lizard in the world and the relics of ancient animals and dragons only exist in Indonesia precisely in the East. Now the popularity of dragons especially after being chosen to be one of the 7 wonders of the world globally known. The discovery of the oldest hominid fossils in the world are estimated to come from 1.8 million years ago . Phitecantrophus called Homo fossils were found in Central Java .

7 .And the fact that worldwide well-known and boasts the latest in Indonesia is about Nelson Mandela who turns out to be inspired by Sheikh Yusuf of Makassar . Sheikh Yusuf, a religious leader at a time fighter against the Netherlands was once exiled to South Africa by the Dutch . Turns has been inspiring struggle of Nelson Mandela , the father of human rights defenders the world to remove apharteid or ever prevailing racial segregation in South Africa . What do Shaykh Yusuf has contributed to change the world . Even Nelson Mandela once said about Sheikh Yusuf " one of Indonesian heroes is one of the best sons of Africa "
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