Indonesia is one of the best countries to visit in southeast Asia, especially for backpackers who want to experience an exotic vacation, the asian culture and the sights that take your breath away. However, Indonesia is much more than a tropical island, temples, beaches and wildlife. Here are 10 more little-known facts about the fabulous asian country.
1. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with roughly 262,7 million people, according to the national census in 2016. Indonesia is obsolete in this chapter of China, India, and the United States of America. The population increase of 1.9 percent per year, a figure that is considerably higher than that of most other countries in the region.
2. Indonesia is the most populous country of the islamic faith. Many of the islands and towns in Indonesia that were visited by the missionaries and converted to christianity, but the ancient beliefs have not disappeared completely, but it's fused with the most recent. For example, we have kept the old superstition and the belief in the existence of evil spirits. With the exception of the island of Bali, where the population is predominantly hindu.
3. Indonesia has at least 17.508 islands, according to the CIA World Factbook, however, the National Institute for Aviation and Space were at least 18.307 island, in 2002. In all other registries, the number of islands in indonesia ranging from 13.466 to ron 8,844.
4. In Papua, a province in the eastern part of Indonesia, there are still tribes. At least 44 of 107 isolated tribes in the world that they live in Indonesia. Some of the families of the tribe still retains the marks of the human grandparents. However, the tribes were no longer venture out to areas that we have, just like they did in the past.
5. The largest volcanic lake in the world, Lake Toba, located in the world Class. The eruption of the explosive, which has led to the creation of the lake, it was a catastrophic disaster, which resulted in the decrease of the temperature on the entire planet, while the 1,000-year-old out of the debris released into the atmosphere. The most powerful eruption in Earth's history occurred 75,000 years ago, when the Toba supervolcano blew up in the atmosphere, the speed of the huge, huge amounts of ash. The ash cloud has reached, including the island of Ceylon, which is thousands of miles away.
The disaster caused by the Toba volcano could be included in a nuclear winter on Earth, which was carried out between 6 and 10 years old, and a decrease in the average temperatures on a global level, over a period of around 1,000 years ago, and the world was on the brink of extinction, according to the BBC News.
The eruption was 100-fold higher than that of the largest eruptions in recent history, Mount Tambora, also in Indonesia, which has had an impact on the whole of the northern hemisphere. The year 1816 has gone down in history as the "last year there was no summer."
6. A new island, Pulau Samosir, it was formed in the center of Lake Toba, and there lived the tribe of Bataks. The island has become popular with tourists, eager for the adventures of maverick.
7. Indonesia is the only place on earth where you can see it in the wild, "the Komodo dragon", is a giant lizard. The most popular of the islands, for those of you who want to see the creature I am the Island of Rinca and Komodo. Amvele part of the province of east Nusa Tenggara.
8. Sumatra is the only other place outside of the heart of Borneo, where you can see wild orangutans. The National park of Gunung Leuser is the best place for those who want to see the animals, and it is located near the village of Bukit Lawang.
9. The language spoken in Indonesia, it is very similar to that being spoken in the united kingdom. Both of these are words and phrases common, and is easy enough for the the inhabitants of the two countries to understand each other.
10. The indonesian archipelago is home to over 700 languages and dialects. Only in malta, there is at least 270 out of a dialect.
Source – www.digi24.ro
