The impression is that Southeast Asian countries are not very large, but I did not expect to underestimate Indonesia, this country has 17508 islands, the world's largest, the population of more than 270 million in the world's top four, 1.9 million square kilometers of area can also be ranked in the world's forefront.
For Indonesia, there are two very interesting keywords, which are island and Chinese.
Let's start with the islands.
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic country, this point does not need to be repeated, in addition to the number of islands is ridiculously large, Indonesia has a lot of island-related things worth mentioning:
For example, the island of New Guinea is the world's second largest island after Greenland, of course, this island does not belong to Indonesia, while Java has an area of 138,800 square kilometers and a population of 148 million, making it the most populous island in the world;
In addition, Indonesia's Ponkajaya has an altitude of 4884 meters, which is the highest of all the island mountains in the world, although it is in the tropics, the snow can be seen on the summit, and it is the only place in Indonesia where snow can be seen; Lake Toba in the north of Sumatra is the world's largest volcanic lake, with a length of 100 kilometers, a width of about 30 kilometers, and a depth of 500 meters, etc.;
Personally, I think that the number of islands in Indonesia is so large that it is estimated that most people will not be able to walk in their lifetime, and it is difficult to remember the names of all the islands.
Another key word is Chinese.
Southeast Asia has always been a place where the distribution of Chinese is relatively concentrated, and even today many major cities in Southeast Asia, including Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, were founded by Chinese at the beginning;
There are about 10 million Chinese in Indonesia, accounting for about 4% of the total population, although the proportion is not high, but it plays an important role in Indonesia's social economy, the 18th-19th century Chinese established the Republic of Lanfang, located in the present-day Indonesian province of West Kalimantan;
West Kalimantan is the most economically developed region in Indonesia, and the number of Chinese is quite large, especially in Yamaguchi Yoko, accounting for nearly 70%, which can be said to be quite high.
Overall, although it seems that there are many Indonesian islands and are very scattered, the population is actually relatively concentrated, most of them are concentrated in a few islands such as Java, Kalimantan, and Sumatra.
