Indonesia Archipelago

     Indonesia is the largest archipelago and the fourth most populous country in the world, consisting of five main islands likely Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua, with 33 province. it has a total 17,508 islands of which about 6,000 are inhabited. it stretches 5,150 km between the Australian and Asian continental mainland and divides the pacific and Indian oceans at the equator. the name of Indonesia is composed of two Greek words: "indos" which means Indian and "nesos" meaning islands. the capital city of Indonesia is Jakarta.

     

• Climate

     The east monsoon from June to September brings dry weather while the west monsoon from December to March.

     Transitional period between these two are interposed  by occasional rain shower, but even in the midst of the monsoon season, temperatures range from 21 degrees C ( 70 F ) to 33 degrees C (90 F) except at higher attitudes, which are much cooler. heavy rain falls are recorded in December and January. Humidity is between 60-100%. 

• Languages and Dialects

     There are more than 483 language and dialects spoken in the archipelago. There normally belong to the 350 different ethnic groups of population. Bahasa Indonesia is the national language, Written in Roman script and based European orthography. In all tourist destination area English is the number one foreign languages fairly spoken and written.