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Capital and largest city
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Jakarta
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World's most populous island
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Java
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National currency
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Indonesian Rupiah
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Tourism makes up 80% of the economy of this Hindu-majority island
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Bali
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Biggest city of that island
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Denpasar
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National park home to the world’s largest lizard species
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Komodo National Park
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Country's second most populous city, nicknamed 'City of Heroes'
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Surabaya
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Largest Buddhist temple in the world
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Borobudur
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Second largest Hindu temple in Southeast Asia located close to the previous answer
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Prambanan
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Country's third largest city where a famous conference between non-aligned countries was held in 1955, at the height of the Cold War
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Bandung
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Airline and flag carrier of the country
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Garuda Indonesia
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Indonesian name of Borneo
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Kalimantan
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Sulawesi's largest city that gave its name to the strait separating the island from Borneo
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Makassar
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Named after one of the four cardinal directions in Malay, Indonesia shares this island with another country
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Timor
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Built at the confluence of the Deli and Babura River, this city has been listed by the National Development Planning Agency as one of the four main central cities in Indonesia
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Medan
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Only province where Sharia law is implemented and enforced
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Aceh
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That province's most populous city
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Banda Aceh
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Planned city set to be inaugurated as Indonesia's new capital in 2028
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Nusantara
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Language mostly spoken in western Java. With 35 million speakers, it is the second most widely spoken regional language
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Sundanese
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World's largest volcanic lake and country's largest lake, by both area and volume
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Lake Toba
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Coastal city sometimes referred to as the 'Venice of Java' for its extensive network of canals running through it and renowned for its preserved colonial-era city center as well as its prestigious universities
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Semarang
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Top palm oil producing province. It also has the largest planted area of oil palms, with 2.87 million hectares
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Riau
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One of the country's most populous cities, with a Christian-majority population and served by the Sam Ratulangi International Airport
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Manado
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Island of the Lesser Sunda Islands where a distinct human species used to live until 50,000 years ago, known for their small size (just over 1 meter) and nicknamed 'Hobbits' by their discoverers
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Flores Island
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Volcano on the island of Sumbawa whose 1815 explosion is considered the largest and most-destructive volcanic event in recorded history, causing the world's average temperature to drop by as much as 3°C. This led to the year 1816 being called the “year without a summer" as crop failures in Europe and North America led to mass starvation
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Mount Tambora
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Located at the epicenter of the Coral Triangle, this archipelago of over 1,500 islands in Southwest Papua was designated as an UNESCO biosphere reserve and offers some of the country's best sights
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Raja Ampat
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Last remaining Sultanate of Indonesia, its sultan is officially recognized by the national government
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Yogyakarta Sultanate
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Based in a neighbouring city and taking the name of Sunanate, this monarchy still endures to this day albeit stripped of its former political power, unlike the previous answer
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Surakarta Sunanate
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Most populous city of the Riau Islands
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Batam
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Second-highest volcano in the country, located on the island of Lombok
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Mount Rinjani
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Most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi, along with Makassarese and Torajan
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Bugis
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String of three small but touristic islands off Lombok's west coast, with a redundant name
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Gili Islands (gili means 'island' in sasak, Lombok's main language)
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One of the 4 seas bordering the Maluku islands, which takes its name from a group of ten volcanic islands that were, until the mid-19th century, the world's only source of mace and nutmeg
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Banda Sea
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Largest city of Indonesian Papua, located only 35 km west of Papua New Guinea
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Jayapura
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Located off Jakarta's coast, this touristic archipelago made up of 342 islands is the smallest regency by area in the country. Do not trust its name!
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Thousand Islands
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Archipelago comprising 2 main islands and many smaller islets lying between Borneo and Sumatra, accounting for 90% of Indonesia's tin production
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Bangka Belitung Islands
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Largest city of that archipelago and regency
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Pangkalpinang
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North Maluku's largest island
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Halmahera
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Standing at 3,805 metres above sea level, this volcano is the highest volcano in Indonesia and is Sumatra's highest peak
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Mount Kerinci
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Major city of around 250,000 inhabitants. 45% of the population is estimated to be of Chinese descent. Hakka Chinese is commonly spoken in the city, even among other ethnicities
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Singkawang
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Capital and largest city of the province of Maluku, located on an island of the same name.
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Ambon
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Large square in the center of Jakarta measuring around 100 hectares, it is the world's 3rd largest square. The National Monument stands in the middle of it
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Merdeka Square
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Located on a small island sharing the same name, this city is North Maluku's most populous. From the 15th to the 20th century, it acted as the capital of a Sultanate which, at its greatest extent, stretched from Sumbawa to the south of Mindanao
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Ternate
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Name for predominantly rural Level 2 administrative subdivisions (Indonesian name required)
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Kabupaten
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Name for predominantly urban Level 2 administrative subdivisions (Indonesian name required)
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Kota
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Name for Level 3 administrative subdivisions (Indonesian name required)
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Kecamatan
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Also named Equatorial City due to being located precisely on the equator, this city is one of Borneo's largest
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Pontianak
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Largest river of the country, the city mentioned above sits on its delta
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Kapuas River
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Another river of the same name originates in this mountain range at the center of Borneo
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Müller Mountains
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Largest, by land area, island of the Riau Islands
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Bintan Island
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Tolled expressway spanning the entire island of Java, from the Port of Merak on its west coast to Banyuwangi on its east coast
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Trans-Java Toll Road
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Island southeast off Sulawesi where the oldest cave paintings in the world were found in 2026, dating back at least 67,800 years
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Muna Island
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Indonesia's most Christian province, by percentage of the population
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Highland Papua
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Island off Sumatra's west coast famous for its unique culture, sometimes referred to as one of the world's few remaining Megalithic cultures, and its popular surfing spots
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Nias Island
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Peninsula divided into North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and parts of Central Sulawesi that takes its name from the main ethnic group native to this region.
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Minahasa Peninsula
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Fictional line separating the Indomalayan biogeographic realm from the Australasian biogeographic realm, splitting Indonesia into two ecozones
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Wallace Line
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South Papua's largest island, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait
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Yos Sudarso Island
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Sea lying southwest of that island, spanning over 1,000,000 km² and bordered by Australia's northern coast to the south
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Arafura Sea
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Longest river in East Kalimantan, with a fan-shaped delta
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Mahakam River
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East Kalimantan's capital city, located on the riverbanks of that river
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Samarinda
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Country's highest mountain peak
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Puncak Jaya
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World's second-largest gold mine, located only 4 km west of it
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Grasberg mine
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Mountain range extending over 692 km in the provinces of Central Papua and Highland Papua where you can find that mine
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Maoke Mountains
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Much less known, this peak is the second highest freestanding mountain in the country
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Puncak Mandala
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Archipelago off Sumatra's west coast located in one of the most seismically active zones in the world and home to more than 20 endemic species
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Mentawai Islands
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Indonesia's first national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Banten containing the largest population of the Critically Endangered Javan rhino
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Ujung Kulon National Park
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Derived from Jakarta's colonial name, Batavia, this term designates one of the most recently-formed ethnic groups of the country, native to this city and its surroundings. Their language, a Malay-based creole language of the same name, has become today one of the main sources of inspiration for Indonesian slang
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Betawi people
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Mountain range spanning the whole length of Sumatra, almost 1,700 km, covering the western side of the island from south to north
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Barisan Mountains
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High volcanic plain in Central Java forming the floor of a large caldera complex of the same name, known for its cool climate and 8th-9th century Hindu temples
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Dieng Plateau
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West Sumatra's third largest and once nicknamed 'Paris of Sumatra', this city was home to the exiled emergency government during the country's war for independence
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Bukittinggi
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Small island of the Lesser Sunda, with Ba'a for capital it is the southernmost of the inhabited islands of Indonesia
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Rote Island
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Generic term designating the Austronesian ethnic groups of Borneo. Divided into more than 450 subcultures, this large group accounts for around 2 million people in Indonesian Borneo
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Dayak people
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Aceh city located on the shores of the Strait of Malacca. The Arun gas field, described as 'the most lucrative LNG operation in the 20th century' is located a few kilometers off the coast of this city
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Lhokseumawe
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Peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea. Sorong, West Papua's second largest city lies on its western edge
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Bird's Head Peninsula
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Smaller peninsula immediately south of it, with Fakfak as its largest settlement
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Bomberai Peninsula
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Bay that separates the two aforementioned peninsulas named after a town lying on its northern shore
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Bintuni Bay
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Largest lake of Sulawesi and Indonesia's second-largest, its mineral-rich surroundings support one of the most biodiverse tropical forests in the world
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Lake Towuti
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Medium-sized city in West Sumatra known as the site for the oldest coal mine in Southeast Asia which got classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019. After the closure of some mining sites, the city nearly became a ghost town
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Sawahlunto
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Named after Sumatra's second-highest peak, this ecosystem is considered to be one of the richest expanses of tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where the Sumatran elephant, rhino, tiger and orangutan are found within one area
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Leuser Ecosystem
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Chain of small islands off the west coast of Indonesian Borneo that have given their name to the neighbouring strait linking the Java Sea to the South China Sea. The largest island of this archipelago has been classified as a nature reserve by the government
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Karimata Islands
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Northernmost and least populated city, located less than 200 km away from India's Nicobar Islands
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Sabang
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Large bay in northern Indonesian Papua, its name is Indonesian for 'Bird of Paradise'
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Cenderawasih Bay
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The largest island of that bay, theater of a major battle between American and Japanese forces during the Pacific War
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Biak Island
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Spanning 5.4 km, this bridge is the longest in the country and one of the longest in the Southern Hemisphere. It connects the islands of Java and Madura
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Suramadu Bridge
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Capital city of the province of North Maluku
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Sofifi
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Sea of over 100,000 km² surrounded by the islands of Sumba, Timor and Flores
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Savu Sea
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Largest settlement on Sumba island
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Waingapu
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Located between peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak, this regency made up of 272 islands constitutes the northernmost part of the Riau Islands
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Natuna Regency
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Largest island of that regency
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Natuna Besar
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Sumatra's second-longest river, its mouth was the site of an aviation disaster that killed 104 in 1997
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Musi River
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Karst area of 4,500 hectares in South Sulawesi, this UNESCO World Heritage Tentative Site is located 30 km north of Makassar and contains at least 238 prehistoric cave sites, among which 187 host cave drawings or rock images
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Maros Pangkep Geopark
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Gulf dividing the South and Southeast peninsulas of Sulawesi. It takes its name from a former Sultanate of South Sulawesi, now a regency's name of which Watampone is the capital
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Gulf of Boni
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Regency and archipelago of North Sulawesi comprising the island of Miangas which lies 87 km south of Mindanao and is Eastern Indonesia's northernmost point
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Talaud Islands
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One of the 5 districts of North Jakarta, it hosts a harbour of the same name which is Indonesia's busiest, handling more than 50% of Indonesia's trans-shipment cargo traffic
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Tanjung Priok
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Lake in South Sulawesi. With a depth of 590 m it is the deepest lake of the country, the 11th deepest lake in the world and the deepest lake on an island
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Lake Matano
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Marine national park off the coast of North Sulawesi that is said to host more than 70% of all the known fish species of the Indo-Western Pacific
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Bunaken National Park
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Largest mud volcano in the world, located in East Java, which has, since its first eruption in 2006, caused the displacement of more than 40,000 people, destroyed 15 villages and caused nearly $3 billion in damage
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Lusi mud volcano
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Spanning over 45,000 km², this regency in South Papua is the country's largest by land area
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Merauke Regency
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With around 25,000 inhabitants, this regency in Papua is the country's least populous
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Supiori Regency
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Largest settlement by population and home to the only airport of the Aru Islands, the easternmost archipelago of the Maluku Province
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