Page 3 - Indonesia Destination Guide - Alluring Asia

POPULATION HISTORY Indonesia is the fourth most Indonesia is an archipelagic country of approximately 18,000 (6,000 populated nation in the world with a inhabited) stretching along the equator in South East Asia. The country's population of 238 million. strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade; trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian history. The area of TIME Indonesia is populated by peoples of various migrations, creating a PAGE 3 Indonesia is divided into three time diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and languages. The archipelago's Population | Time | Visas zones making it GMT plus 7, 8 and 9 landforms and climate significantly influenced agriculture and trade, and Insurance | History hours. the formation of states. PAGE 4 People | Language VISAS Common Phrases Fossilized remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the "Java Man", United States and Canadian Citizens suggest the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited two million to 500,000 PAGE 5 require a visa to enter Indonesia. years ago. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern Climate Passports must be valid for at least 6 population, were originally from Taiwan and arrived in Indonesia around months from the date of arrival into PAGE 6 2000 BCE. From the seventh century CE, the powerful Srivijaya naval Indonesia. The Land kingdom flourished bringing Hindu and Buddhist influences with it. PAGE 7 INSURANCE Europeans arrived in Indonesia from the 16th century seeking to Changing money | Credit Cards Currency | Tipping Because the standard of emergency monopolize the sources of valuable nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper in Etiquette Maluku. In 1602 the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company treatment in Indonesia may not be as high as in the West, it is advisable in (VOC) and became the dominant European power. Following PAGE 8 addition to normal medical bankruptcy, the VOC was formally dissolved in 1800, and the government Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health insurance, to take out a policy which of the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies as a nationalized covers evacuation. colony. By the early 20th century Dutch dominance extended to what was PAGE 9 Communications to become Indonesia's current boundaries. The Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation during WWII ended Dutch rule, and encouraged PAGE 10 the previously suppressed Indonesian independence movement. Two Shopping | Customs Bartering days after the surrender of Japan in August 1945, nationalist leader, Sukarno, declared independence and was appointed president. The PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks Netherlands tried to reestablish their rule, but a bitter armed and diplomatic struggle ended in December 1949, when in the face of PAGE 13 international pressure, the Dutch formally recognized Indonesian Culture & The Arts | Religion independence. An attempted coup in 1965 led to a violent army-led anti-communist purge in which over half a million people were killed. General Suharto politically out-maneuvered President Sukarno, and was formally appointed president in March 1968. His New Order administration garnered the favor of the West whose investment in Indonesia was a major factor in the subsequent three decades of substantial economic growth. In the late 1990s, however, Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the East Asian Financial Crisis which led to popular protests and Suharto's resignation on 21 May 1998.