Indonesia

The first European power to colonize Indonesia were the Dutch rulers who came from netherlands. The Indonesian islands were then knoen as the Dutch East Indies. At first, the Dutch East Indies were controled by the Dutch East Indoa Company. But after the breakdown of the company, the Netherlands' government took the direct control of the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch rule over the Indonesia ended during the World War II when the Japanese took the control of the East Indies. At this time, they actually became known as Indonesia.

The British were also looking at for colonizing the East Indies.

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Indonesia did not win any medals at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. They won their first ever Olympic medal at the 1988 Games in Seoul when Lilies Handayani, Kusuma Wardhani, and Nurfitriyana Saiman-Lantang won silver in women's team archery.

dutch..he was from belgium

There is no mention of an official Head of State in the Australian Constitution. Most people have historically regarded Queen Elizabeth as the Head of State, however, in recent years, some people have argued that the Governor-General could also be the Head of State, since he or she now exercises almost all of the Queen's powers in Australia. From the way the Australian Constitution is written, it seems more likely that the Queen is the actual Head of State, since the Governor-General is officially the Queen's representative in Australia.

Because of the group of islandsÕ strategic position in the ocean, the islands of Indonesia have always been a major naval and trading center, especially with India. In the seventh century, the islands were home to the powerful Srivijaya kingdom and were influenced by both Buddhism and Hinduism. From the eighth century to the tenth century, inland Java was home to the Buddhist Sailendra dynasty and Hindu Mataram dynasty. In the thirteenth century, the Hindu Majapahit dynast ruled over eastern Java. Islam first came to Indonesia through Muslim traders at Sumatra in the thirteenth century. By the time Europeans first made contact with Indonesia in the sixteenth century, Islam was the dominant religion in the islands of Java and Sumatra.

Yes, Indonesia is a less developed country, but the country is just developing now.

there are no chief minister or prime minister in Indonesia, they have a president to run the government

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the President of Indonesia in 2011 and the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia. He became president on 2004 October 20, and was re-elected in 2009 for another 5-year term. A former lieutenant general, Yudhoyono was a star cadet and rose through the ranks until he entered politics in 1999 as the Minister of Mines and Energy. He has pushed for military reform regarding keeping the military as a separate defence force and uninvolved with politics.

The President of Singapore is one of the most well paid Presidents in the world, earning approximately 4.5 million US a year.

80% Indonesian are Muslim, 20% other being part of christian, Hindu, and Budha (that including Kong Hu Cu) . In Indonesia just 5-6 religion is legal

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He had a pet ape named Tata.

Unitary Presidential Republic. It has a legislative branch, judicial, and executive. Much like the U.S.

Because their birth rate is higher than their death rate, so for every death their are more births. Birth rate 17.76 births/1000 population, 6.28 deaths/1,000 population.

Not really. He spent his first five years in Hawaii. Then, his mother remarried and the family moved to Indonesia, where he lived with his mom and step-dad till age 10. He then moved back to Hawaii to go to school, living with his maternal grandparents.

imperialism in Indonesia mostly affects the country economically because of the money and debts they owe. Education is another because the Dutch had the Indonesians convinced that education is not important as it is. They wanted them to think this because it would make them more likely to just produce crops without thinking about it. They dehumanized the people, and made them into machines only caring about their crops so they could get paid. Now that the imperialism is over, the government has made sure that education for their peoples is a priority.

8.7% of Indonesia's population is Christian. This means roughly 18,000,000 people are Christian.

The service sector (like tourism) is the major source. However agriculture employs the most people.

Indonesia first joined UN on September 28, 1950, and then withdrew in 1962 because UN condemned Indonesia's invasion to Malaysia. Indonesia rejoined the UN in 1964.

The Dutch "Ethical Policy" had the interesting effect of increasing a strong sense of Indonesian pride.

In the link box below you will find the most complete postal code of Indonesia, big cities to small cities.

The California state senate records indicate that a foreign student named Soetoro from Indonesia attended school in California.

Yes, Obama attended school here as a foreign student. He held Indonesian citizenship at the time.

Indonesia with over 200 million Muslims