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Flashcards by SLS Indonesian, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Aceh | western tip of Sumatra - where Islam was first introduced to Indonesia, large population - large tsunami that took out all of them almost and then Indonesia helped them out, integrated, wanted to break free before tsunami |
| Ambon | island and city in south Maluku at the heart of the Spice Island. It was conquered by the Portuguese at the beginning of the Sixteenth Century |
| Bandung | A city of Indonesia in western Java southeast of Jakarta. Founded by the Dutch in 1810, it is an industrial and cultural center and a resort. |
| Banjarmasin | A city of Indonesia on a delta island of southern Borneo. An important deep-water port, Banjarmasin was part of a Hindu kingdom in the 14th century and passed to Muslim rulers in the 15th century. Population: 589,000. |
| Biak | The largest of the Schouten Islands of Indonesia, off the northwest coast of New Guinea. In World War II it was the scene of heavy fighting from May 27 to June 20, 1944 |
| Celebes | Island (pop., including nearby islands, 2000: 14,946,488), Indonesia. One of the Greater Sunda Islands, it lies in the Malay Archipelago east of Borneo and has an area (including adjacent islands) of 74,005 sq mi (191,671 sq km). The island is mountainous; its tallest peak, Mount Rantekombola, reaches 11,335 ft (3,455 m). Muslims arrived in the 15th century. The Portuguese first visited in 1512 while developing the spice trade of the Moluccas. The first foreign settlement, in 1607 by the Dutch at Macassar (now Makassar), initiated a power rivalry with the native sultans that lasted into the 20th century. Celebes joined Indonesia in 1950, though various rebellions against the central government have been ongoing. |
| Denpasar | Capital city of Bali; seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000 |
| Java | An island of Indonesia separated from Borneo by the Java Sea, an arm of the western Pacific Ocean. Center of an early Hindu Javanese civilization, Java was converted to Islam before the arrival of the Europeans (mainly the Dutch) in the late 16th century. |
| Jakarta | officially known as the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of Java, Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre, and with a population of 10,187,595 as of November 2011,[4] it is the most populous city in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia, and is the thirteenth most populated city in the world. |
| Kalimantan | the Indonesian name for Borneo: applied to the Indonesian part of the island only, excluding the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the sultanate of Brunei. Pop.: 11 396 100 (1999 est.) |
| Kupang | is the capital of the Indonesian province East Nusa Tenggara. The city is located on the western side of the island of Timor and has a population of about 260,000. |
| Irian Java | A regional and former province of Indonesia occupying the western half of New Guinea and about 12 offshore islands. Before it was ceded to Indonesia by the Netherlands in 1963, it was known as Dutch New Guinea. It was renamed Irian Jaya in 1973 and split into smaller provinces in the early 21st century. |
| Medan | a city in Indonesia, in NE Sumatra: seat of the University of North Sumatra (1952) and the Indonesian Islam University (1952). Pop.: 1 909 700 (1995 est.) |
| New Guinea | An island in the southwest Pacific Ocean north of Australia. The western half is part of Indonesia, and the eastern half forms the major portion of Papua New Guinea. Inhabited by Papuan, Negrito, and Melanesian peoples, it was named by 16th century explorers for the Guinea coast of western Africa. |
| Padang | A city of western Indonesia on the Indian Ocean and the west-central coast of Sumatra. It is a major port, trading in tea, coffee, and spices |
| Sulawesi | An island in the southwest Pacific Ocean north of Australia. The western half is part of Indonesia, and the eastern half forms the major portion of Papua New Guinea. Inhabited by Papuan, Negrito, and Melanesian peoples, it was named by 16th century explorers for the Guinea coast of western Africa. |
| Sumatra | a mountainous island in W Indonesia, in the Greater Sunda Islands, separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca: Dutch control began in the 16th century; joined Indonesia in 1945. Pop.: 24 284 400 (1999 est.). |
| Surabaya | a port in Indonesia, on E Java on the Surabaya Strait: the country's second port and chief naval base; university (1954); fishing and ship-building industries; oil refinery. Pop.: 2 701 300 (1995 est.) |
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