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Indonesia By Numbers

April 1st, 2008 by admin

WORDS: HARUMI SUPIT
IMAGES: Shutterstock

30,000,000

The number of Indonesians estimated by the Nature Conservancy who depend directly on forests for their livelihood.

10

The weight of a mature Rafflesia arnoldi flower in kilograms. The flower is also known as the Corpse Flower because of its pungent smell.

6,400

The length of Syamsudin Noor, Banjarmasin airport runway, in feet.

63,803,000,000

The number of Indonesian cellular phones active in 2006.

17

Indonesia’s legal age of majority.

20

The number of kilometers separating Batam Island from Singapore.

17,508

The current number of islands in Indonesia.

2,672

The number of panels carved in relief that decorate the ninth-century Borobudur monument in Jogjakarta.

1916

The year that the Surabaya Zoo – the first in the world to breed orangutans in captivity – was established.

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