Island Jurisdictions Index
Table
of Contents for Island Jurisdictions Index
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 |
237,641,326 |
| Census notes |
est. 2010 |
| 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) (2003-2008) |
| 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,
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 |
| Republic
of Indonesia, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade |
| Statistics Indonesia |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Indonesia |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Top of page
Table
of Contents for Island Jurisdictions Index
|
