About Indonesia

Hello readers, welcome to Tribes in Indonesia. It's very predictable that the main content of this blog is about Tribes in Indonesia. But before talking about Tribes in Indonesia, would be relevant if the first thing to share is about Indonesia.

National map of Republic Indonesia. Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world.

Indonesia is an archipelagic country (island nation) and located in Southeast Asia. Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world. The number of islands in Indonesia were 17,504 islands, with a total area of 1,904,569 km2. These islands stretch from the island of We at the west end up to the island of Papua in the east end. While the population of Indonesia is 231,369,500. It is positioned Indonesia as the 4th largest population country in the world after China, India and the United States. And most of the livelihoods of Indonesian people is farming.

Currently, Indonesia is led by a president named Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. As the largest archipelagic country in the world and has a wide area, Indonesia has a variety of cultures, each of which has its own characteristics. This diversity is reflected in the belief, local language and others. And of course the diversity of ethnic-tribe.

The number of tribes in Indonesia is 489 tribes. The diversity of these tribes to be their own wealth for the nation of Indonesia. So this is Indonesia, the country with the tribes and cultures, which is very diverse. This diversity is the motto of the Indonesian nation, which is "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" or Unity in Diversity or Different But Still One.