TheRepublicofIndonesiaCapital:Jakarta雅加达Officiallanguage:BahasaIndonesia印尼语Officialcurrency:IndonesianRupiah卢比NationalflagTheredstandsforcourage,representinghuman'sbodyorphysicallifeThewhitestandsforpurity,representinghuman'ssoulorspirituallife.NationalemblemThemainpartistheGaruda(金翅鸟)withashieldonitschestandascrollgrippedbyitsleg.Theshield‘sfiveemblemsrepresentthefiveprinciplesofIndonesia’snationalphilosophy.ThestarsymbolizesbeliefinonesupremeGod;Thechainrepresentssuccessivehumangenerationsandhumanity;ThebanyantreerepresentsIndonesianunity;Thebullrepresentsdemocracybydeliberationandconsensusamongrepresentatives.Thericeandcottonrepresentsustenanceandlivelihood.黑色小盾和金黄色的五角星代表宗教信仰;水牛头象征主权属于人民;榕树象征民族意识;棉桃和稻穗象征富足和公正;金色饰环象征人道主义和世代相传。Thefiveprinciples:GeographyTheRepublicofIndonesiaisthelargestarchipelagocountryintheworld,comprisedof17,508island,ofwhichonlyabout6,000areinhabited.Indonesiaissituatedalongthelinewheretwooftheworld’sgreatestvolcanicrangesmeet;thatis,theMediterraneanfromthewestandCircumPacificfromthenortheast.ClimateThedryseasongenerallyprevailsfromMaytoSeptember.ThewetseasongenerallyextendsfromDecembertoMarch.Indonesiahasahighrelativehumidityandahighannualmeanairtemperaturearound33°C.PopulationTheRepublicofIndonesia,theworld'sfourthmostpopulousnation,has240millionpeoplelivingonnearlyonethousandpermanentlysettledislands.Indonesiahasover100ethnicgroups,amongwhom47%areJavanese,14%Sudanese,and7.5%Madurese.PopulationNativesoftheislandandimmigrantsfromAsiawerefirstcalledIndonesianfollowingtheindependenceofIndonesiain1945.MostpeopleinIndonesiaareMuslim,butthreeotherreligions,includingChristianity,BuddhismandHinduismalsohavemanyfollowersinIndonesia.LanguageBahasaIndonesiaisthenationallanguage,whichisakintoMalay.Inalltouristdestinationareas,Englishisthenumberoneforeignlanguageusedinspeakingandworking.Dutchisstillspokenandunderstoodinthelargecities.Frenchisincreasinginpopularityatthebetterhotelsandrestaurants.EconomyItisavast,fertilecountryendowedwithrichanddiversifiednaturalresources,suchasagricultures,plantations,fisheries,mining,oilandgas.About60percentofthepopulationarefarmerswhoproducesubsistenceandmarket-orientedcropssuchasrice,vegetables,fruit,tea,coffee,sugar,andspices.Bothfreshwaterandoceanfishingareimportanttovillageandnationaleconomies.Capital:JakartaJakartaisthecapitalandlargestcityofIndonesialocatedonthenorthwestcoastofJava.Jakartaisthecountry'seconomic,culturalandpoliticalcentre.Capital:JakartaItisthemostpopulouscityinIndonesiaandinSoutheastAsia,andisthetwelf-largestcityintheworld.ThecityistheseatoftheASEANSecretariat.SomeimportantislandsJavaBaliSumatraJavaWithapopulationof136million,Javaistheworld'smostpopulousisland,andoneofthemostdenselypopulatedregionsintheworld.Itishometo60%ofIndonesia'spopulation.JavaJavaisthe13thlargestislandintheworldandthefifthlargestislandinIndonesia.Javaisalmostentirelyofvolcanicorigin,andcontainsnumerousvolcanoes,20ofwhichhavebeenactiveinrecenthistoricaltimes.JavaJavaBaliBalimaybesmallinsize–youcandrivearoundtheentirecoastinonelongday–butitsprominenceasadestinationishuge.Pulse-poundingsurf,enchantingtempleceremonies,mesmerisingdanceperformancesandribbonsofbeachesarejustsomeoftheimagespeoplecherish.SumatraSumatraisanislandinwesternIndonesia.ItisthelargestislandentirelyinIndonesia.Theislandincludesmorethan10NationalParks,threeofwhicharelistedastheTropicalRainforestHeritageofSumatraWorldHeritage.MonkeyForestSumatraSumatraboastsahugerangeofplantandanimalspeciesbuthaslostalmost50%ofitstropicalrainforestinthelast35yearsandmanyspeciesarecriticallyendangeredsuchasSumatranTiger,SumatranRhino,andSumatranOrangutan.SumatranOrangutan红毛猩猩CorpseflowerSumatranTiger苏门答腊虎:Only400Sumatrantigersareleftintheworld.MynaKopiLuwak苏门答腊麝香猫咖啡ThankYou!PresentationnextweekisaboutMalaysia.Don’tforgettopreviewthecustoms!