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Description. Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park. It lies between the substantially larger neighbouring islands Sumbawa to the west and Flores to the east. The island's surface area covers 291 square kilometres. Komodo Island is home to the Komodo Dragon, the largest lizard on earth.
April 2024 (ongoing) Ruang is the southernmost stratovolcano in the Sangihe Islands arc, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It comprises an island 4 by 5 kilometres (2.5 mi × 3.1 mi) wide. The summit contains a partial lava dome and reaches some 725 metres (2,379 ft) in altitude. From its summit, Klabat 's peak in the south, that of Siau to the north ...
The 2018 Surabaya bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that initially occurred on 13 May 2018 in three churches in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia and the capital of East Java province. The explosions occurred at Immaculate Saint Mary Catholic Church ( Gereja Katolik Santa Maria Tak Bercela, SMTB) on Ngagel Madya Street ...
Bandung ( Sundanese: ᮊᮧᮒ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, romanized: Kota Bandung, pronounced [ˈbandʊŋ] ⓘ; / ˈbɑːndʊŋ /, Van Ophuijsen Spelling: Bandoeng) is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. [8] Located on the island of Java, Greater Bandung (Bandung Basin Metropolitan Area / BBMA) is the country's second-largest and ...
Egianus was born in Mugi District in 1999. [1] [2] He is the son of OPM leader, Silas Kogoya. [3] He studied his primary education in Mugi and later dropped out. [4] After finishing his primary education, he went to Wamena in 2011 to continue high school. During high school, he was known for refusing to sing Indonesia Raya and saluting the flag ...
10 August 1979 (age 44) East Aceh, Indonesia. Nationality. Indonesian. Known for. Leading a post- GAM armed group. Nurdin bin Ismail Amat (born 10 August 1979), better known as Din Minimi, is a former militant of Free Aceh Movement who led an armed band based in Aceh during the 2010s. Born in East Aceh, he joined the separatist movement in 1997.
Nurcholish Madjid (March 17, 1939 – August 29, 2005), in Indonesia affectionately known as Cak Nur, was a prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual. Early in his academic career, Nurcholish was a leader in various student organizations. He soon became well known as a proponent for modernization within Islam. Throughout his career he continued ...
Yin and yang ( English: / jɪn /, / jæŋ / ), also yinyang [1] [2] or yin-yang, [3] [2] is a concept that originated in Chinese philosophy, describing an opposite but interconnected, self-perpetuating cycle. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole ...