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Indonesia

Location Between Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Latitude and longitude  5 00 S, 120 00 E
Sovereignty Independent
United Nations member? Yes
Political status notes Officially, "Republic of Indonesia"; includes major islands of Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Jawa; shares island of Kalimantan (Borneo) with Brunei and Malaysia; province of Irian Jaya shares island of New Guinea with Papua New Guinea
Population  224,784,210
Census notes est. July 2000
Land area in square kilometers 1,826,440
Capital  Jakarta

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, from the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
The First Amendment to the 1945 Constitution, from the Constitution Finder, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (Virginia, United States) (PDF 24 KB)
The Second Amendment to the 1945 Constitution, from the Constitution Finder, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (Virginia, United States) (PDF 37 KB)
The Third Amendment to the 1945 Constitution, from the Constitution Finder, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (Virginia, United States) (PDF 42 KB)

Other legal documents online

International Court of Justice, Case Concerning Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia v. Malaysia), Judgment of 17 December 2002 (PDF); other documents from the case are also available
Undang-undang (laws of Indonesia, in Indonesian)

Sources and other useful websites

About Indonesia, from the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Davao City, Philippines
Country profile: Indonesia, from the BBC News
Data and Statistics on Indonesia, from the World Bank Group; includes links to other World Bank information on Indonesia
Fishery Country Profile—Indonesia, from the Food and Agriculture Organization
Independent States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Indonesia, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003)
Indonesia, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Indonesia, U.S. Library of Congress Country Study (1992)
LLRX.Com, The Indonesian Legal System: An Overview, by Dr. Benny S. Tabalujan 
Legal Profiles: Indonesia, from the Islamic family law study by the Emory University School of Law
Population Statistics, from the Utrecht University Library in the Netherlands
The Republic of Indonesia, from the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations
Statistics Indonesia; this link was not working when Island Law was last updated
United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country Profile: Indonesia
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook

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