Java
island o Indonesie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Java (Indonesie: Jawa) is an island o Indonesie. Wi a population o 135 million (excludin the 3.6 million on the island o Madura which is admeenistered as pairt o the provinces o Java), Java is the warld's maist populous island, an ane o the maist densely-populatit places on the globe. Java is the home o 60 percent o the Indonesie population. The Indonesie caipital ceety, Jakarta, is locatit on wastren Java. Much o Indonesie history teuk place on Java. It wis the centre o pouerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, an the core o the colonial Dutch East Indies. Java wis an aa the centre o the Indonesie struggle for unthirldom durin the 1930s an 40s. Java dominates Indonesie poleetically, economically an culturally.
Native name: Jawa | |
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Geografie | |
Location | Sootheast Asie |
Coordinates | 7°29′30″S 110°00′16″E |
Airchipelagae | Greater Sunda Islands |
Aurie | 138,794 km2 (53,589 sq mi) |
Aurie rank | 13th |
Heichest elevation | 3,676 m (12,060 ft) |
Heichest point | Semeru |
Admeenistration | |
Provinces | Banten, Jakarta Special Caipital Ceety Region, Wast Java, Central Java, East Java, Yogyakarta Special Region |
Lairgest settlement | Jakarta |
Demografics | |
Population | 138 million (2011) |
Pop. density | 1,064 /km2 (2,756 /sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | Javanese (inc. Cirebonese, Tenggerese, Osing) , Sundanese (inc. Bantenese, Baduy), Betawi, Madurese |
Fairmed maistly as the result o volcanic eruptions, Java is the 13t lairgest island in the warld an the fift lairgest island in Indonesie. A chain o volcanic muntains fairms an east-wast spine alang the island. It haes three main leids, tho Javanese is dominant, an it is the native leid o aboot 60 million fowk in Indonesie, maist o whom live on Java. Maist o its residents are bilingual, wi Indonesie as thair first or seicont leids. While the majority o the fowk o Java are Muslim, Java haes a diverse mixtur o releegious beliefs, ethnicities, an culturs.
Java is dividit intae fower provinces, Wast Java, Central Java, East Java, an Banten, an an aa twa special regions, Jakarta an Yogyakarta.