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Indonesia's national flag was officially adopted on August 17, 1945, after its independence from the Netherlands. The national flag of Indonesia is also known as Sang Merah Putih in Indonesia. The Indonesia Flag consists of two equal horizontal bars. The horizontal bicolor flag of Indonesia has a red bar on the top side, and white bar on the bottom. The Indonesia flag is similar to the flag of Poland. The red color of the flag of Indonesia represents human blood or body and the white color interprets the human spirit. The Indonesia's flag is patterned after the 13th century banner of the Indonesian Empire.

Official Name: Republik Indonesia

Capital: Jakarta

Location: In south eastern Asia Indonesia is the world largest archipelago consisting of more than 3,000 islands the largest Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi (Celebes) the lesser Sunda Islands the Moluccas Timor and Flores. The Indonesian part of Borneo is known as Kalimantan the western part of New Guinea is called West Irian.

Area: 1,1919, 440 Sq. km.

Official Language: Bahasa Indonesia based Malay dialect Dutch Arabic English and Sanskrit.

National Flag: Horizontally red over white.

Flag Ratio: 2:3

National Anthem: Indonesia Raya Great Indonesia (1949)