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Islands of Indonesia

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Indonesia is an archipelago made of 18,108 islands (latest satellite images), whereof about 6,000 are inhabited.

Major islands of Indonesia:

Sumatra
Java
Borneo (Kalimantan)
Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes)
New Guinea (eastern half is the independent country of Papua New Guinea)

Other Indonesian islands:

Nusa Tenggara Islands[?] or Lesser Sunda Islands[?]
- Bali
- Sumbawa
- Sumba
- Flores
- Lombok
- Timor (eastern half is the independent country of East Timor)

Maluku Islands (or Moluccas)
- Banda Islands

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