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Indonesia
Republic of Indonesia
Republik Indonesia
Note: On May 27, 2006, a major earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, struck central Java. Centered near the city of Yogyakarta, the quake killed 5,800 people, injured 20,000, and left some 200,000 at least temporarily homeless.
Political Status: Independent republic established August 17, 1945; original constitution reinstated by presidential decree in 1959; under modified military regime from March 12, 1966, until democratic multiparty system reinvigorated following change of government on May 21, 1998.
Area: 735,354 sq. mi. (1,904,569 sq. km.).
Population: 206,264,595 (2000C); 221,184,000 (2005E). Both figures exclude East Timor, which became the independent country of Timor-Leste in 2002.
Major Urban Centers (2005E): JAKARTA (8,455,000), Surabaya (2,675,000), Bandung (2,179,000), Medan (2,009,000), Palembang (1,648,000), Tangerang (1,590,000), Semarang (1,524,000), Ujung Pandang (formerly Makassar, 1,190,000), Malang (789,000), ...