Top 5 Indonesian Largest Island

"Today I'll give you an interesting topic about Indonesia, Indonesia has thousand islands, and has the most islands in the world. 5 of them are including the largest island in the world, Ok let's start from west to east!"

1. Sumatera

     This Island is known as Percha Island,Andalas,and Suwarnadwipa. Sumatera is 6th largest island in the world,has 8 provinces,and the largest city is Medan(pop. 2,109,330 (as of 2010)).Sumatera has beautiful scenery,abundant resources,amazing animals.and high culture.Moreover most sumatran are settled foreigner in Java,especially Batak and  Minang.

Area                 :  473,481 km²(182,812 sq mi)

Area rank        : 6th

Population        : 50,365,538 (as of 2010)

Ethnic Groups : Acehnese, Batak,Minangkabau, Malay

Largest City    : Medan

Exotic Flora and Fauna : Capricornis sumatraensis,Amorphophallus titanum

2. Java

    The second island is Java. We already know that Java is the smallest  island of top 5 big island in Indonesia,and I think java has most terrible title,as you know most people in Indonesia live here,especially on west.Many Indonesian come here to change their life,especially at Jakarta. This island is very crowded, about 100 million live here,that means half of indonesian citizen. Beside that Java has high culture,and has been popular to all over the world,such as Jaipong dance,Ondel-ondel,Gamelan,Angklung,Reog ponorogo and so on.

Area                : 128,297 km² (49,535.7 sq mi)

Area rank       : 13th

Population       : 138 million (as of 2011)

Ethnic Groups : Javanese (inc. Bantenese,Cirebonese, Tenggerese, Osing) 

                                     ,Sundanese (inc. Baduy), Betawi,Madurese

Largest City    : Jakarta

Exotic Flora and Fauna : Rhinoceros sondaicus,gandaria

3.Kalimantan

   

Indonesian know it as Kalimantan but western call it Borneo.This island is owned by 3 countries,Indonesia,Malaysia,and Brunei Darusalam. Kalimantan well known about its forest and deforestation. This Island has wide jungle and cases of forest destruction. High quality of wood grow here,so that illegal loggers live here depend. This island inhabited by dayak tribes,they're the native.This island has many beautiful animals and plants but many of them are member of endenger species too.Most of  citizen's job are farmer and fisher.Most of them depend their life at mahakam river, there's so many floating market.

Area                 : 743,330 km² (287,001 sq mi)

Area rank        : 3rd

Population        : 18,590,000 (as of 2009)

Ethnic Groups : Dayak, Malays, Chinese,

Largest City    : Kuching (Serawak,Malaysia)

Exotic Flora and Fauna :Nasalis larvatus,Nepenthes villosa

4.Celebes

  I think Celebes is most endemic island in Indonesia,why? It has different charasteristic from any tropical world ,ranging from its plant and animals. Sulawesi is part of Wallacea, meaning that it has a mix of both Asian and Australasian species.  So ,Celebes has originality.Not only terrestrial life but also the marine life has beautiful scenery.We know that bunaken is very popular marine park

 and Lembeh Island has amazing diversity of fish .Sulawesi is important island ,it has 6 provinces and the biggest city is Makassar.

Area                : 174,600 km² (67,410 sq mi)

Area rank        : 11th

Population      : 16 million (as of 2005)

Ethnic Groups : Makassarese, Buginese, Mandar, Minahasa, Gorontalo, Toraja, Bajau, Mongondow

Largest City    : Makassar

Exotic Flora and Fauna : Babyrousa babyrussa,Nepenthes pitopangii

5. New Guinea

                                                                

    New Guinea is the 2nd largest island in the world it owned by two countries,Indonesia and Papua NewGuinea.

   This island has similarity with australia,you can search the flora and fauna and compare with australian.Rich of natural resources

  and culture ,this island is  become place of research and mining.The people still outdated ,tribe war still          occur,few decent roads,and there's so many region that has no electicity. 

Area                : 786,000 km² (303,500 sq mi)

Area rank       : 2nd

Population       : ~ 7.5 million (as of 2005)

Ethnic Groups : Papuan and Austronesian

Largest City    :-

Exotic Flora and Fauna :Eos cyanogenia,Pandanus conoideus

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