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Made up of 13,667 Islands |
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Five Main Islands: |
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Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and
Irian Jaya |
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Population: 195,683,531 |
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4th Largest Population in the World |
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Capital: Jakarta |
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Columbus sailed from Spain in 1492 to find new
route to the Spice Island of Indonesia |
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Portuguese arrived in the sixteenth century |
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Dutch gained control of the islands around 1602 |
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Japanese occupation during WWII |
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Sukarno proclaimed independence in 1945 |
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General Suharto ousted Sukarno in 1965 with a
military-controlled republic until 1998 |
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Poverty of rural people and over-crowded cities |
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1.3 million Indonesian people are displaced |
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From Fighting and Natural Disasters |
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Human Rights abuses by Military |
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Mass protests forces Suharto to step down in
1998 |
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Religious Wars between the Muslim Majority and
the Christians Minorities |
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