The Potency of My Country

           Indonesia has very wide area from Sabang to Merauke. The Indonesia’s total area is 5,193,252 Km², or - if converted to hectares- 519,235,200 ha. The total area of mainland is one-third of the total area, approximately 189,000,000 ha. By population, Indonesia also has a population of one of the biggest in the world, i.e. moreless 250,000,000 persons. So, if the land area divided evenly at each individual will get 7,500 m^2. Indonesia also has extraordinary natural resources potency, in terms of mining, agriculture and culture. Gold mine, located in Papua, never run-out and the Uranium appears when the issue of gold depletion of which cost twice compared to the price of gold itself. This country is also rich of oil mining. Famous petroleum company, Pertamina PT, is not the biggest company in the country whereas another company, Chevron PT which foreign owned, dominates oil mining in Indonesia, drain Indonesia's natural richness and supply to across the country in the world. in fact, this country have the largest reserves of geothermal energy in the world, which is still no more 2 percent used, so abundant coal mine scattered on the Borneo and Sumatera islands, also a tin mine in Bangka island, the second largest ocean in the world, thousands of languages,customs and tribal and much more.

           In terms of agriculture, the State is called an agrarian country, in a song mentioned "throwing wooden sticks becoming a plant". The country are shined by the sun throughout the year, suitable climate, and fertile land. Total Agricultural land area is about 41 million hectares, equivalent to 23% of the total land. the swampyland  in Indonesia reached 33 million ha, which only about 4,5 million ha were developed, whereas this swamp land  potentially to be developed to overcome the problems that currently unanswered, namely self-sufficiency.In the plantation sector, Indonesia has 10.5 million ha of oil palm estate but if it compared to Malaysia the productivity of 20,000 ha equal to 5000 ha Malaysia’s oil-palm estate. President Joko Widodo on his campaign said that “Indonesia will not import anymore moreover for food”. But, in the fact The Trade Ministry permitted to import the sugar raw material on April, 01 2015, as much as circa 945,643 tones.

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