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Indonesia is the world largest archipelagic state

Indonesia comprises more than seventeen thousand islands stretching along the equator in Southeast Asia.

Spanning over 5,000 kilometres between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Indonesia includes major islands such as Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, and New Guinea. Situated along the Pacific Ring of Fire, it contains over 120 active volcanoes. Its population of over 270 million people makes it the fourth most populous country in the world.

Channel Islands National Park from an aerial photographic survey — Laura (Laney) White (USGS Western Ecological Research Center) · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Indonesia comprises more than seventeen thousand islands stretching along the equator in Southeast Asia. The figure is taken from CIA World Factbook, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.