Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Commemorate Indonesia


Doc. mural (kampoeng) project at the village, Central Java
Indonesia

The diversity of Indonesia because no other group of islands thousands lined up from Sabang to Merauke, like the lyrics of a national song-I forget the title-ed). When done the journey to reach the point of western Indonesia to the most easterly point, it will be spent traveling by air, sea, land, upland, lowland, and the beach. Geographic Indonesia is very attracted foreign countries, with the complexity of the economic, social, political and growing.

According to Wikipedia, the islands that exist in the territory of Indonesia is an archipelago of about 6127 names of islands according to data from research results LIPI 1972. According to the geographical sense, Indonesia is part of the earth that stretches from 95 ° -141 ° East Longitude, and 6 ° North latitude to 11 south latitude. While Indonesia in the sense that the nation's political, economic, and social culture in the region.

Indonesia for the first time the term was invented by an English ethnologist named James Richardson Logan in 1850 in earth science. The term is also used by G.W. Indonesia Earl in the field of ethnology. G.W. Earl calls for residents Melayunesians Indonesians and Malay Archipelago.

The birth of the 3rd Convention of the United Nations (UN) regarding the law of the sea (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea / UNCLOS), December 10, 1982, the inception of the law of the sea which recognizes the concept of Island Country. Since 1994, the International Sea Law into effect and from then on all the Indonesian people have the sovereign right to exploit natural resources, including those on the seabed and below. Article 49 of UNCLOS in 1982 declared the sovereignty of the island nation that includes the waters enclosed by the baselines as well as the airspace above and the seabed and and the soil underneath.

History of Indonesia covers a very long time span that began in prehistoric times by the discovery of "Java Man" aged 1.7 million years ago. The period of the history of Indonesia can be divided into five age: pre-colonial era, the emergence of the kingdoms of the Hindu-Buddhism and Islam in Java and Sumatra, which mainly relies on trade; Colonial Era, the entry of the Europeans (especially the Netherlands) wants the spice lead to colonization by Netherlands for about 3.5 centuries between the beginning of the 17th century until the mid-20th century; Era of Independence First, the post-Independence Indonesia (1945) until the fall of Sukarno (1966); Era New Order, Soeharto's 32-year reign (1966 -1998); and the Reform Era that lasted until now.

Indonesia Now, travel range of time 1945 - 2011, where Digital has created human life to bridge the issues of space and time are so extensive.









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