Java

Java

Understand Mount Bromo (left) and Mount Semeru (top right), East Java Java is Indonesia's fifth-largest island, comprising only 7% of Indonesia's territory (127,569 km2 (49,255 sq mi)), but 65% of Indonesia's entire population (145 million people) fills the island. It is the world's most populous island, with a density of 940 people per km²! Java has a population larger than Russia's despite being over 130 times smaller than Russia in land area. Indonesia's most important cities are on this island. Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is located on Java's northwest coast. Surabaya (the second largest city in Indonesia), is located in East Java. Bandung (the third most populous city in Indonesia), is the capital city of West Java province. Yogyakarta and Surakarta (Solo), although not large in population are very significant centres of culture, in southern central Java. The island of Java has distinct cultural zones. In the west Sundanese, Betawi in Jakarta. Javanese, for most of Central and Eastern Java provinces with the Madurese at Madura Island. Smaller indigenous tribes include the Badui of…

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