INDONESIA

Republic of Indonesia

Republik Indonesia

CAPITAL: Jakarta

FLAG: The national flag, adopted in 1949, consists of a red horizontal stripe above a white stripe.

ANTHEM: Indonesia Raya (Great Indonesia).

MONETARY UNIT: The rupiah (RP) consists of 100 sen. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 rupiahs, and notes of 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000 rupiahs. RP1 = $0.0001149 (or $1 = RP8,700) as of May 2003.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is standard.

HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Independence Day, 17 August; Christmas, 25 December. Movable religious holidays include the Prophet's Birthday, Ascension of Muhammad, Good Friday, Ascension Day of Jesus Christ, the end of Ramadan, 'Id al-Fitr, 'Id al-'Adha', and the 1st of Muharram (Muslim New Year).

TIME: Western, 7 PM = noon GMT; Central, 8 PM = noon GMT; Eastern, 9 PM = noon GMT.


DEPENDENCIES

Indonesia has no territories or colonies.

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Aug 14, 2007 @ 1:01 am
The informations is complette and good for foreigners if they want to know about Indonesia
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Sep 3, 2007 @ 3:03 am
I reckon that the Information would be the best cause when someone goes to read the passage they know exactly what they are reading and what they are wanting to know about Indonesia
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Oct 23, 2007 @ 12:00 am
It's a shame and sad that these people don't practice their religion of long ago. Because Islam was not the original religion of the Asian people.

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